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Ecuador seeks to get rid of Covid to launch new tourism initiative

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Pichincha, Jul 18 (EFE).- The Prefecture of the province of Pichincha, in the north of the Andes of Ecuador , seeks to get rid of Covid-19 to launch its new tourism initiative 'World in the Middle of the World'.This brings together the Mitad del Mundo citadel (where the monument to the equinoctial line is located), the archaeological ruins of Cochasquí (pyramids of native peoples), the Jerusalem National Park (an Andean dry forest) and the Yunguilla reserve (a humid forest) that covers a sector of the Andean Chocó, all of them north of Quito.(Camera: JOSE JACOME).SHOT LIST: THE CIUDAD MITAD DEL MUNDO (MIDDLEOF THE WORLD CITY) IN THE PREFECTURE OF THE PROVINCE OF PICHINCHA, ECUADOR.

Added on the 19/07/2021 14:00:00 - Copyright : EFE Inglés

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