The newly opened Museum of Site Tucume in Lambayaque (north of Chiclayo),
was awarded "Best World Tourism Project" award from the Association
of British Travel Writers (BGTW) due to the tourism potential of the place and
the social work done with communities area.
"The Tucume Museum has been honored with this award thanks to his visit in June this year, the British travel writer and author of the book" Trekking in Peru ', Hilary Bradt, who fell in love with this cultural center, "said Minister of Foreign Trade and Tourism, Magali Silva.
The award was presented in November 2015, but the last last weekend proceeded with the official presentation of this distinction in the new premises of the museum, where they unveiled their new identity as 'eco-museum'.
"This is a new concept for Peru, through which communities can preserve, interpret and evaluate their assets for sustainable development," said Alfredo Narvaez, founding director of the Museum of Tucume.
Source: Peru21.
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