More Chinese travelers pick Peru

The number of Chinese tourists visiting Peru has taken a healthy bounce this year, particularly since September, when the country adopted a conditional visa waiver policy for Chinese passport holders, travel agencies said.

Bookings for package tours or independent tours to Peru on Ctrip, a leading online travel agency in China, experienced a 90 percent year-on-year increase in the first 10 months of the year. Figures for the total numbers of visitors were not immediately available.

The visa exempt policy is a big lure for Chinese tourists, particularly middle- and upper-class travelers, said Peng Liang, public relations director of Ctrip's resort and vacation department.