Locations destroyed the train line, the only way out of the Inca city. Viseu’s group, mostly elderly, still does not know when it will return. Machu Pichu can stop being one of the “new 7 wonders of the world.”
More than 1000 people, mostly tourists, are attempted to retained in the “lost city of the Incas” in Peru, among which is a group of 19 Portuguese.
As the local population continues to require better mobility and transport conditions, recent rods in the locality, UNESCO’s World Heritage, even so damaged the train line that ended the one that is the only way out of the site.
The incident occurred at the end of the 19 Viriatos group, which began on September 5. On Tuesday night, there was still no certainty for when the group of elderly people, mostly, over 65, according to, can return.
Inca exit is exclusively via train or through a complex walk of about three hours. The group does not know yet when Cusco and then Lima, the capital of Peru will arrive.
In January last year, Machu Picchu entered and forced the departure of hundreds of tourists from Peruvian jewelry, in protest against the “systematic privatization” of the Inca city.
The conflict now derives from an authorization for the operation of 18 new buses by the company Sumaq Ayllu, after the termination of its contract with Consettur, accused of carrying out a 30 -year monopoly and collusion with the Peru Rail railway, according to the Andean’s media cited by.
The losses for hotels, restaurants and companies involved have already exceeded 730,000 euros in just two days of stopping, with a 40% drop in tourist reserves.
To aggravate the situation, the New7Wonders campaign warned that the title of one of the “new 7 wonders of the world”, granted in 2007 by the New Open World Corporation, could be revoked If the government of Peru does not guarantee a “sustainable and modern” management of the site.
The risk of losing this international status, which made Machu Picchu a global icon and a source of income for thousands of families, generated alarm between the government and the tour operators. However, Peru Rail and the Transandin Railway confirmed the indefinite suspension of their services until the roads are unlocked.
