ANDINA. Peru's top tourist attractions, Machu Picchu and the Amazon Rainforest, have been selected as two of this year's National Geographic Traveler magazine's prestigious "50 Tours of a Lifetime."
National Geographic Traveler's 50 Places of a Lifetime: The World's Greatest Destinations is based on and updated from a 1999 issue of the print magazine that featured short personal essays by such high-profile observers as Peter Jennings (Jerusalem), Richard Leakey (the Serengeti) and Paul Theroux (Hawaiian Islands).
The latest of 35 National Geographic apps, this $1.99 version organizes the 50 essays into five categories - Urban Spaces, Wild Places, Paradise Found, Country Unbound and World Wonders - and incorporates such digital extras as photo galleries, locator maps, fact boxes and a smattering of videos and 360-degree views.
In addition, the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu recently emerged as a top travel destination for 2011, according to a leading tourism website.
TripAdvisor.com ranked the UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the New Seven Wonders of theWorld as the third best destination in its 2011 Travellers Choice Destination Awards.
National Geographic Traveler's 50 Places of a Lifetime: The World's Greatest Destinations is based on and updated from a 1999 issue of the print magazine that featured short personal essays by such high-profile observers as Peter Jennings (Jerusalem), Richard Leakey (the Serengeti) and Paul Theroux (Hawaiian Islands).
The latest of 35 National Geographic apps, this $1.99 version organizes the 50 essays into five categories - Urban Spaces, Wild Places, Paradise Found, Country Unbound and World Wonders - and incorporates such digital extras as photo galleries, locator maps, fact boxes and a smattering of videos and 360-degree views.
In addition, the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu recently emerged as a top travel destination for 2011, according to a leading tourism website.
TripAdvisor.com ranked the UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the New Seven Wonders of theWorld as the third best destination in its 2011 Travellers Choice Destination Awards.
