The Citadel of Machu Picchu, located in Peru’s Southern Cusco region will continue welcoming visitors every day during 2015, the Peruvian Association of Receptive and Domestic Tourism Operators (Apotur) Chairman Enrique Quiñones affirmed.
In this framework, he invited tourists to visit not only the Citadel, but the entire Sanctuary. It consists of snow peaks, archaeological sites, forests featuring unique flora and fauna, Inca roads and others attractions. “Explore the Sanctuary,” he emphasized.
Quiñones mentioned the Inca Road is closed every February due to maintenance works and wildlife regeneration.
VisitorsBetween January and June 2015, 1,338,889 tourists arrived in city of Cusco.
Of the total, 459,694 were Peruvian nationals and the remaining 879,195 came from overseas, the Regional Director of Foreign Trade and Tourism (Dircetur) Carlos Landauro affirmed.
Compared to the same period last year, the amount was higher by 82,029 travelers. At the time, 1,256,860 people arrived in the city. It should be noted the figure included 759,335 foreigners.
Maintenance works in April 2016Maintenance works will be carried out on Huayna Picchu mountain (April 1-15) and on Machu Picchu mountain on April 15-30. Thus, access will be closed to both of them during the said month.
The Decentralized Directorate of Culture (DDCC) has requested tour guides and operators to adopt necessarymeasures, since the e-ticket sales for visits to the archaeological site-to be paid during the aforementioned period- will be called off.
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Published: 8/16/2015