US, Aug. 14 -- When Pope Leo XIV arrives in Peru in November, the crowds lining the streets will be motivated primarily by faith. For Peru's tourism industry, however, the economic implications could continue long after the papal motorcade has disappeared.

The emerging opportunity is to transform the places associated with Robert Prevost's decades of ministry in Peru into a connected pilgrimage network - and, in doing so, create a tourism economy reaching communities that have traditionally received only a fraction of Peru's international visitors.

The concept being promoted around the "Paths of Pope Leo XIV" links destinations including Chiclayo, Piura, Trujillo and Callao, where Prevost lived, served and developed his pastoral identit...