Opponents then started a major strike action. According to the activists, the company, Joinnus, earns almost 3 million euros per year in commissions through the new system.
“We are against the systematic privatization of Machu Picchu. The organizations are demanding the cancellation of the contract with Joinnus,” said Darwin Baca, former mayor of the Machu Picchu district.
Many companies have closed their doors since Thursday and railway operator Ferrocarril Transandino shut down the connection to the site on Friday because of the demonstrations. The evacuated tourists were transferred by train to a nearby town.
The government has announced that it wants to stem the flow of tourists to Machu Picchu, which has been on the UNESCO World Heritage List since 1983, through the new sales system. Peru fears that the Inca settlement will otherwise be damaged by a surplus of visitors and will be removed from the UNESCO list.
The city was built in the fifteenth century in the middle of a tropical rainforest and consists of approximately two hundred buildings. Every year, hundreds of thousands of tourists from all over the world come to Peru to see Machu Picchu.
2024-01-28 05:13:40
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