Dozens of tourists injured in Peru after Machu Picchu bus crash

Machu Picchu, classified as a UNESCO World Heritage site, welcomes an average of 4,500 visitors a day. The ancient citadel, built in the 15th century by Incan emperor Pachacuti, sits at an ... Read More

Machu Picchu increases capacity to appease angry tourists

Operators at the Machu Picchu Inca citadel in Peru have agreed to increase the site's capacity from 4,000 to slightly over 5,000 tourists after protests from would-be travelers, it was announced ... Read More

Tourism and mining industries cutting operations in Peru because of political protests

The tourism industry and mining corporations in Peru are suspending or cancelling operations because of the escalating political protests ... been stranded in the renowned Inca Machu Picchu ... Read More

anti-government protests

Peru indefinitely shut the tourist site Machu Picchu on Saturday in the latest sign that anti-government protests that began last month are increasingly engulfing the South American country. Read More

Machu Picchu set to reopen to tourists

director of the Latin America For Less travel agency. Ninety percent of Peru's tourist revenue comes from the Cuzco region, where Machu Picchu's two-month closure meant the loss of around 60,000 ... Read More

Machu Picchu: A Guide to Peru's ‘Lost City of the Incas'

Literally "old mountain" in Quechua, Peru's dominant indigenous language, Machu Picchu is built into peaks more than 2,400 meters above sea level in southern Peru, where the Andes and the Amazon ... Read More