Tania Anconeira: The voice of Tisco
by The Colca Specialist
Tania Anconeira is a local entrepreneur from
Tisco a village located in the upper part of Colca Valley. Like many other
native inhabitants she left her homeland looking for making her dreams come
true. She wanted to become a travel agent in order to show the natural beauty
of her homeland Tisco, a place that at the moment is forgotten by the
authorities and the travel agencies from Arequipa.
Sustainable tourism doesn´t exist in Colca
Valley and tourism is mainly oriented towards Chivay which has become the
starting point to the different visits to the Colca Canyon. Tisco and other
villages from Colca Canyon have many different natural attractions that are not
promoted by the authorities from Arequipa so Tania decided to become the voice
of Tisco in Arequipa.
She decided to open a travel agency in Arequipa
with the purpose of taking active part in the touristic promotion of her
homeland but at the beginning it was not easy. Opening a travel agency in
Arequipa is not a child´s task especially if you come from the highlands.
Discrimination is still active in Arequipa and we have to manage with that in a
careful way- replies Tania smiling after having made her dream come true. Before
being a travel agent Tania collaborated with the tourism department of the
Municipality of Arequipa.
There are many places in Colca Valley and Colca
Canyon that are not visited by the tourists. When the tourists realize that
there are many more places they don´t understand why the travel agencies of
Arequipa don´t include those places in their touristic programs. The reason is
very simple: economic interests. Many travel agents of Arequipa have their own
businesses especially in Chivay .It is reasonable that their businesses would
be affected if the clients go to other places.
Several months ago Tania associated with other
friend, opened a travel agency which is called TY TRAVELS AND ADVENTURE TRAVEL
AGENCY in Arequipa and they started offering tours to different places in
Arequipa at reasonable prices. One of the tours I liked much is the city tour
with museums included which gives the visitor a better comprehension about the
reality of Arequipa most of the time misunderstood by the visitors. They also
organized photograph safaris to different places specially to Colca Valley and
Tisco ,Tanias homeland.
If you have a special tour you would like to be
done don´t worry, the only thing you´ve got to do is to send them an email or
contact them in order to get free information about their tours. You can write
to:
TY TRAVELS AND ADVENTURE
ADDRESS:
CALLE LA MERCED 113 CERCADO (CLOSE TO
THE MAIN SQUARE OF AREQUIPA)
PHONE NUMBERS:
0051-54691669 (OFFICE)
0051-54691669 (OFFICE)
CELLPHONE:
0051-966555858
0051-966555858
EMAIL:
The Colca Specialist
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