From mid-December 2022, the swimming pool of the Huiracocha zone parkin the district of Saint John of Luriganchowas awarded to an event organizer, so the price to access this public space rose six times more, at the height of the arrival of the summer already experiencing heat waves.
Until before the pandemic, entry into the swimming pool —the same one that is cataloged as the largest in the Peru— It only cost 4 soles per hour and visitors could spend up to two hours in it, but now it has been licensed to a private event organizer called Peru Festival, the family fair
Now and from December 17, the cost has risen to 25 soles, which, it is true, allows attendees to enter the pool and other shows, from morning to night, according to the information that Peru Festival delivery to your potential customers and corroborate.
Likewise, the organizers specify that this entry allows visitors to use various attractions and be spectators of various showsalthough some neighbors indicate that they are charged for each service.
Your daily use for these private shows it makes it impossible for low-income residents to access public space, which limits their enjoyment. In addition, they rent stands for food and beverage suppliers, since their entry is prohibited.
“This pool, which I used to go to with my brothers and neighbors as a child, was for years one of the few in the district and had a social cost (it did not exceed 2 soles per hour), today it has been privatized and is inaccessible to thousands of children and their families with such a high price. I really hope this is a bug. Saint John of Lurigancho It is the district with the most inhabitants in Lima, however it has very few public spaces (parks and public swimming pools). These decisions only exclude many and favor a few, harming the poorest of SJL ”, a neighbor of SJL indicated about this situation through her Twitter account.
Peru Festival has also indicated that they delivered to the Lima Parks Service (Serpar) the amount of 340,000 soles, for the pool area concession, in addition to giving them a percentage of the profits. infobae searched for the entity’s version, but to date it has not responded to our request for information on the subject.
It is worth noting that the zonal parks are administered by the Lima Parks Service (Serpar), which, in turn, is a decentralized public body of the Municipality of Lima (MML). As the change of use of the pool took place since mid-December 2022, this means that it was still carried out during the administration of the outgoing mayor michael romero.
only the city of Lime It has approximately nine million inhabitants, of which just over a million reside in the district of Saint John of Luriganchowhich makes it the most populous in the country, according to data from the National Institute of Statistics and Informatics – INEI. Despite this, the municipal authorities did not shake their hand to take away a public space of such magnitude in the middle of summer, because during the entire season the residents will not be able to access the pool of the area park, since the event will take place until mid March.
In addition, according to neighborhood leaders of the district, the fair Peru Summer Fest It has also occupied part of the green areas, which also reduces the space for family recreation.
“It’s a shame because they have occupied all the green areas. (…) Neighbors used to have a social rate for low-income people. With this (the fair) many citizens will be unable to use it”, said a neighbor in this regard.
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