Tourism in Chile 2017 by the World Travel Awards, emphasizing its abundance of natural and eco-tourist attractions. Tourism for the year 2018 is projected to continue the increase in visitors, with more than 7 million international tourists estimated to travel to Chile. Online guidebook Lonely Planet has listed Chile as its number 1 destination to visit in 2018. Lonely Planet emphasizes visiting the city of Valparaiso, the northern Atacama Desert, and Patagonia to the south. Occupying the southwest part of South America, Chile is normally divided into three geographic areas: The latitudinal width of the country, which spans over 39° (over 72° if
Tourism in Chile were Europeans (34%). Of the total percentage of visitors, 5% were from Chile. In Chile from June to September it is possible to practice Winter Sports, especially skiing and snowboarding During the Andes, between the regions of Valparaíso and Magallanes and Chilean Antarctica, there are eighteen ski resorts of international quality, as Portillo, the oldest ski resort in South America and home to the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1966, and Valle Nevado, which has one of the largest ski areas in South America As part of the cultural heritage of Chile, there are buildings, objects and sites of archaeological,