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Peru Evacuates 1400 Tourists From Machu Picchu Amid Protest
Residents blocked railway tracks demanding a new bus operator for shuttle services, causing authorities to evacuate 1,400 tourists amid clashes and disrupted Machu Picchu tourism.
- Peru evacuated about 1,400 tourists from the train station that serves the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu, while 900 others remained stranded as protesters blocked the railway tracks.
- Machu Picchu, a Unesco World Heritage Site since 1983, receives about 4,500 visitors daily on average, many of them foreigners, according to the Tourism Ministry.
- Residents placed obstacles on the tracks to demand a new company be chosen to run the buses that transport visitors from the train station to the Machu Picchu site.
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1,400 have been evacuated, and now the authorities suggest that the rest of them walk away.
·Italy
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According to the minister, 1,400 tourists were evacuated on Monday, but approximately 900 are still stranded near Machu Picchu.
·Copenhagen, Denmark
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Chaos erupted in Peru's world-class tourist destination Machu Picchu after locals blocked a train line in protest against the transport company's concession, leaving more than 1,400 foreign and local tourists stranded.
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