UJ #9 - Adventure in Peru
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MALI PERMANENT COLLECTION<br />
Last September, Lima Museum of Art (MALI) re-<strong>in</strong>augurated its permanent<br />
collection of <strong>Peru</strong>vian art. The exhibition is housed on the second floor of the<br />
Exhibition Palace and consists of 35 galleries conta<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g more than 1200 works<br />
of art <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g pre-Columbian items and colonial, modern and contemporary<br />
works. The jewel of the collection, because of its size (3.5 by 4.3 metres) and<br />
history, is a pa<strong>in</strong>t<strong>in</strong>g entitled the Funeral of Atahualpa, by <strong>Peru</strong>vian pa<strong>in</strong>ter Luis<br />
Montero.<br />
MALI<br />
POTENTIAL FOR ADVENTURE TOURISM<br />
The <strong>Adventure</strong> Tourism Development Index (ATDI) catalogues<br />
<strong>Peru</strong> as hav<strong>in</strong>g the third greatest potential <strong>in</strong> South America for<br />
adventure tourism, above Colombia, Argent<strong>in</strong>a and Brazil. This is<br />
pr<strong>in</strong>cipally because of the adventure sports <strong>in</strong>frastructure available<br />
<strong>in</strong> <strong>Peru</strong>’s adventure tourism dest<strong>in</strong>ations.<br />
Miguel Mejia
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