Machu Picchu, the Inca citadel which attracts around 1.5 million visitors each year, will reopen on November 1 after a seven-month closure.
This year marked only the second time that Peru’s biggest tourist draw has shut since 1948; in 2010 it was forced to close during extended and torrential rain storms.
The 125.8-square-mile site, which sits 7,972 feet above sea level in the Andean mountains, overlooking the Urubamba Valley, will, at first, limit admission to 675 people a day. The first round of tickets has already sold out. Prior to the Covid-19 pandemic, it saw average daily visitor numbers of 2,000-3,000.
Machu Picchu, the Inca citadel which attracts around 1.5 million visitors each year, will reopen on November 1 after a seven-month closure.
This year marked only the second time that Peru’s biggest tourist draw has shut since 1948; in 2010 it was forced to close during extended and torrential rain storms.
The 125.8-square-mile site, which sits 7,972 feet above sea level in the Andean mountains, overlooking the Urubamba Valley, will, at first, limit admission to 675 people a day. The first round of tickets has already sold out.
Prior to the Covid-19 pandemic, it saw average daily visitor numbers of 2,000-3,000.
Groups will be limited to eight, people will have to stick to four predefined routes, and children under 12 – who, under Peru’s Covid rules, are only allowed out of the house for 60 minutes a day – will not be granted entry.
Emma Featherstone has the story.
