Peru invests over one million dollars to promote and reactivate handicrafts

13-03-24

The Peruvian government has launched an ambitious initiative to revitalize and promote the handicrafts sector, called 'Somos Artesanía 2024' (We are Handicrafts 2024). This strategy, recently unveiled in the official newspaper El Peruano through a ministerial resolution, has been designed to recognize and enhance handicrafts as a vital component of Peruvian tourism and culture. In an unprecedented move, a fund of more than 5.17 million soles (approximately US$1.3 million) has been allocated to finance grants for artisans who stand out in a public competition organized as part of this strategy.

The regulation is based on Article 24 of the Law on Artisans and the Development of Artisan Activity, reaffirming the State's commitment to crafts as an essential tourism resource, which can be integrated into all of the country's tourism products. The objective for fiscal year 2024 is for the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism to use these funds to support not only the production and promotion of Peruvian handicrafts, but also their commercialization and the integration of these activities into the country's priority tourism circuits.