Tourism

Machu Picchu is one of the biggest tourist attractions in South America. Daily average of about 2,000 people visit the attraction. UNESCO calls for a reduction to a maximum of 800 visitors, not to endanger the cultural heritage.

Since the Inca city in an inaccessible area and there is no road there, there was a railway line from Cuzco to Aguas Calientes, a village at the foot of the mountain of Machu Picchu built. Machu Picchu is reached most conveniently by Aguas Calientes made to: From the center in Aguas Calientes, a bus to good eight kilometers long winding route goes up to the citadel of Machu Picchu. This route, however, can travel on foot, small walkways with steps leading up to the switchbacks. At the end of the switchbacks, the immediate entrance of Machu Picchu is located and the hotel is "Sanctuary Lodge, which is part of the British hotel chain Orient-Express Hotels Trains & Cruises." The chain is also involved in the Hiram Bingham luxury train that runs between Cusczo and Aguas Calientes. To reach Machu Picchu on authentic ways that can on the Inca Trail (camino inca), a multi-day hike over several high passes of the Urubamba river (classic from kilometer 88, Variation 82 of square kilometers railway to Aguas Calientes), to Machu Picchu , where he has to get this to go through the Sun Gate to Machu Picchu was built, which lies close to the ruins of the settlement.

The ever-growing tourism pollutes the environment very much. UNESCO, therefore, vigorously defends itself against the planned construction of a cable car up from Aguas Calientes to Machu Picchu, whose completion would further increase the flow of tourists and would also increase the risk of landslip. On 10 April 2004 called for a landslide that partially paralyzed the railway line, eleven lives. By another landslide on 14 October 2005, the railway line over a distance of 400 meters, once again buried.