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Comptroller Warns that Tourist Overload in Machu Picchu and Red De Caminos Inca Endangers World Heritage

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Through a communiqué, the Comptroller General alerted the Ministry of Culture (Mincul), which, due to the tourist overload, is threatened by the structure and ecosystem of the Inca city of Machu Picchu (Llaqta) and the Inca Trail Network, which could result in its inclusion in the Unesco World Heritage List.
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During my speech with Successful, the Comptroller's spokesman, Guzm n Vera, explained that the report they produced was intended to alert Mincul to the establishment of preventive and corrective measures.

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The Inca citadel of Machu Picchu suffers a tourist overload that puts it in danger, warned the Peruvian Comptroller General (tribunal of accounts) this Monday by revealing that more tickets are being sold than allowed. The Comptroller’s Office made a report between January 20 to April 14, 2025, which was sent to the Minister of Culture, Fabricio Valencia, to take actions that guarantee the sustainable use of these monuments. Its results indicate…

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The conservation of the Inca city of Machu Picchu (llaqta) and the Inca Road Network are in danger due to the tourist overload that affects its structure and ecosystem, which could cause it to be included in the Unesco World Heritage List, alerted the Comptroller General.The report details an overload of 2505 people on the upper terrace of the Inca city (Route 1-B) during the period from 17 to 30 April 2025 and 1546 users between 1 and 30 May 20…

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Through a communiqué, the Comptroller General alerted the Ministry of Culture (Mincul), which, due to the tourist overload, is threatened by the structure and ecosystem of the Inca city of Machu Picchu (Llaqta) and the Inca Trail Network, which could result in its inclusion in the Unesco World Heritage List.

·Lima, Peru
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The Comptroller presented a report where she warned of the risk to the conservation of Machu Picchu due to the tourist overload that affects its structure and ecosystem. According to the entity, this could result in the inclusion of the wonder of the modern world in danger by Unesco. In the report they detail that on route 1-B, which includes the upper terrace of the Inca city, tickets were oversold because the limit is only 450 people, but in A…

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rpp.pe broke the news in on Monday, May 19, 2025.
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