Machu Picchu tourist on the increase
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Recent statistics on Machu Pichu state that the archaeological site welcomes about 3,300 tourists, which represents almost one million visitors to the Sanctuary per year.
Mechanisms are being proposed to balance lengths of visits, with the aim of ‘not congesting’ the area.
Ricardo Ruiz Caro, head of Cusco’s Culture Decentralized Administration (DDCC), specified the park currently opens from 7 am to 5 pm. Nonetheless, the DDCC is analyzing the possibility of extending the service hours by 30 more minutes.
“We want to use time more efficiently, since the study on the carrying capacity is almost ready. It establishes that only two, out of the more than 12 sunlight hours we enjoy, are used intensely,” said Ruiz Caro.
Likewise, he dismissed a proposal suggesting night visits to the site because the area is ‘too sensitive’ from biological and environmental points of view.
In this sense, a visitor center at Machu Picchu valley will be built with the aim of monitoring number of people arriving at the monument, the DDCC official said.
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