Peru will determine the exact number of visitors Machu Picchu can receive following the awarding of a carrying capacity study, announced the Foreign Trade and Tourism Minister, Berthin Gómez this friday. The initiative aims to establish capacity limits for the South American country’s main tourist destination.
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The minister indicated that the study was awarded on Wednesday to an unidentified company. This work will require an investment of approximately US$880,000 and will have a completion timeframe of 190 days. Currently, the ministry is carrying out the preliminary procedures, and the contract signing is scheduled for the second half of this month.
The objective is to have precise technical information for the management of the site. “We will be able to determine technically what the actual capacity of the Machu Picchu citadel will be,” stated Minister Gómez.
The Inca citadel, located more than 2,400 meters above sea level in the Cusco jungle region, has been receiving an average of 5,600 visitors per day since June 19th due to the start of the high season.
#EditorialElPeruano Hace diecinueve años, Machu Picchu fue elegida como una de las siete nuevas maravillas del mundo moderno, un reconocimiento internacional que confirmó el extraordinario valor histórico, cultural y arquitectónico de la ciudadela inca.
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The text reads, “#EditorialElPeruano Nineteen years ago, Machu Picchu was chosen as one of the seven new wonders of the modern world, an international recognition that confirmed the extraordinary historical, cultural, and architectural value of the Inca citadel.”
In recent weeks, the high demand for tickets, which are mostly sold online but also at the Ministry of Culture office in the Machu Picchu district, has generated long lines and frustration among visitors, who sometimes have to wait up to a day to enter the archaeological site.
This technical assessment adds to concerns about the conservation of the heritage site. On May 25th, the international organization New 7 Wonders warned that risks and infrastructure problems persist at Machu Picchu, threatening its status as a new wonder of the world, awarded by the organization in 2007.
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