12-692: Iperu may refer to: Iperú , the Peru tourism office Iperu, Ogun , a town in Ogun State, southwestern Nigeria Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Iperu . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Iperu&oldid=932892299 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
24-701: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Iper%C3%BA Iperú Tourist Information and Assistance , or simply Iperú (with lower-case p ) ( Spanish pronunciation: [ipeˈɾu] ) is the Perú tourism office provided since 1994 by the Peruvian government through the Commission for the Promotion of Exports and Tourism of Perú ( Spanish : Comisión de Promoción de las Exportaciones y el Turismo del Perú , Promperú) and
36-634: Is the higher abundance of loan words taken from English in Latin America as well as words derived from English. The Latin American Spanish word for "computer" is computadora , whereas the word used in Spain is ordenador , and each word sounds foreign in the region where it is not used. Some differences are due to Iberian Spanish having a stronger French influence than Latin America, where, for geopolitical reasons,
48-668: The Americas are distinct from each other as well as from those varieties spoken in the Iberian peninsula, collectively known as Peninsular Spanish and Spanish spoken elsewhere, such as in Africa and Asia. There is great diversity among the various Latin American vernaculars, and there are no traits shared by all of them which are not also in existence in one or more of the variants of Spanish used in Spain. A Latin American "standard" does, however, vary from
60-545: The National Institute for Defense of Competition and Protection of Intellectual Property (INDECOPI), to provide domestic and foreign travelers with objective and impartial information as well as support services. The organization's logo is the international tourist information symbol, a lower-case white "i" inside a blue circle, followed by "perú". The Iperú headquarters are in Lima , and there are multilingual offices throughout
72-477: The Tourist Protection Service ( Servicio de Protección al Turista , SPT). Through this agreement, INDECOPI gave to the new bureau the functions of the earlier Consumer Protection Commission ( Comisión de Protección al Consumidor , CPC) in cases against tourism companies. In 2001, noting the need for objective tourist information to visitors in order to prevent adverse incidents and improve
84-817: The Castilian "standard" register used in television and notably the dubbing industry. Of the more than 498 million people who speak Spanish as their native language, more than 455 million are in Latin America , the United States and Canada in 2022. The total amount of native and non-native speakers of Spanish as of October 2022 exceeds 595 million. There are numerous regional particularities and idiomatic expressions within Spanish. In Latin American Spanish, loanwords directly from English are relatively more frequent, and often foreign spellings are left intact. One notable trend
96-846: The celebration of the Inti Raymi in Cusco and the Patronal Feast of Saint John in Iquitos in the Peruvian Amazon. Iperú operates 14 offices around the country, in Amazonas , Ancash , Arequipa , Ayacucho , Cajamarca , Cusco , Lambayeque , La Libertad , Lima , Loreto , Piura , Puno , Tacna and Tumbes . Spanish language in the Americas The different varieties of the Spanish language spoken in
108-798: The city in which they are located (e.g., the Iperú office in Iquitos , ( Peruvian Amazon ), is Iperú Iquitos). Despite being a governmental organization, is accessible in person, by phone and by e-mail 24 hours a day, every day of the week and year. Operators of Iperú typically speak Spanish and English , and some are fluent in other languages. Local offices can typically handle 5 or more languages with staff on hand at any given time, and provide published materials in Spanish, English, French , German , Italian , Russian and Chinese . In popular locales, Iperú installs kiosks of tourist information on events or places with large influx of visitors and foreign nationals, such as
120-476: The country, as well as information about places, attractions, routes, and travel times. Iperú also provides assistance in cases of problems arises during a trip or if tourist services are not provided as hired. Iperú is responsible for handling claims submitted by tourists against the suppliers of tourism services, with mediating and conciliatory (but not punitive) powers to resolve them. A cooperation agreement on 24 June 1994 between Promperú and INDECOPI established
132-453: The country. During 2007, Iperú handled 287,492 cases, including requests for information and for assistance or both, all over Peru. Iperú has three core purposes: Iperú provides free information and services for various sorts of travelers to and within Peru – including tourists, businesspeople and academics – before, during, and even after their trip. The organization has a comprehensive database of registered tourism services in
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#1732869912708144-468: The services provided by SPT, it was decided to add the Tourist Information Service ( Servicio de Información Turística , SIT). Merging the functions of both services gave rise to Iperú Tourist Information and Assistance. The Iperú headquarters are in Lima , and there are operations in 12 Peruvian regions , with 30 local offices as of January 2009 , which are usually named with
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