Maria and Mateo - how their global mindset brought them to Rome to launch their tour company!
Josh Halpern·2026-05-20
Mateo and Maria from Vivicos International Group are a Peruvian brother-sister duo who grew up in a tourism family in Lima, caught a global bug early, and built something remarkable in Rome — running tours at the Colosseum and the Eiffel Tower. We talked about what it takes to bet on yourself in a foreign city, how cultural literacy is operational strategy, and Mateo's mindset: master the hardest version of your field, and the rest becomes possible.