Category: Tourism

What does the Bolivian State do to protect our heritage?!

Anahi Cazas reports for Pagina Siete: Church regrets that there is no State support In 6 months they stole 5 temples which are national monuments Heritage: in the last six months, eight colonial churches suffered theft in Potosi. Of the eight colonial temples that suffered thefts in the last six months, in Potosi, five have…

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Bolivian Cacho – Alalay is now available as an app!!!

Alejandra Pau writes for Pagina Siete: Cacho, the most popular game for mobile phones in Bolivia TECHNOLOGY: “Un cacho de cacho” [cacho is the Bolivian name for a game that is played with five dice, and also means as a slang, a moment] is called and is a game for mobile phones and tablets which…

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Potosi: Complete Arzans’ Chronicles are for sale, first time ever!!

Anahi Cazas reports for Pagina Siete: The three volumes of the monumental work sold at Bs900 Complete Arzans’ Chronicles are for sale for the first time INITIATIVE. The BCB [Bolivia’s Central Bank] and Plural Foundation launched a facsimile edition of the monumental work. “… Nowhere in the world is so rich hill found … none…

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Bolivia needs to improve!! – The Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report 2013

It is a real shame where we fall under The Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Report 2013, from the World Economic Forum: The Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Report 2013 For the full report, please click WEF_TT_Competitiveness_Report_2013 Under the theme “Reducing Barriers to Economic Growth and Job Creation”, The Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Report 2013 assesses 140 economies worldwide based…

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Bolivian Environment 101: WOW!!!

I’ve worked with FAN in the past and certainly keeps up its prestige and expertise, kudos to them! Current Executive Director, Humberto Gomez writes for La Razon: Megadiverse Mankind is ‘consuming’ a planet and a half. In other words, we are living of lent Recently, I read a note on the efforts of the Government…

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