Machu Picchu sets a maximum limit of visitors per day – 02/02/2019

The new "Regulation of the sustainable use and tourist visit of the Llaqta (city in Spanish) of Machu Picchu" is already in force, to which the authorities regulate and measure tourist flows of the historic sanctuary of Peru. Thus, your trip will be an unforgettable experience and at the same time responsible for the preservation of the heritage.

The new model of tourism management has left behind the so-called "loading capacity" of Machu Picchu, which, until last year, set a limit of 2,500 tourists a day. Instead, he is now referring to a maximum "simultaneity" of up to 2,500 visitors simultaneously in the citadel, which limits to 5,600 the number of people per day.

The explanation was given by Ricardo Ruiz Caro Villagarcía, advisor of the Decentralized Department of Culture of Cusco, during an informative conference given at the National Chamber of Tourism of Peru (Canatur), in which participated travel agents , tour operators and organizers. sector entrepreneurs.

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According to Aerolatin News, the event specified the measures adopted with the new Machu Picchu sustainable use regulations, as the modification of the system of visits with three defined times, the treatment of the tickets of entry, the time of permanence, differentiated costs and future projects.

Ruiz Caro said that "the regulation and dosing of tourist flows have as a criterion to control the factors likely to jeopardize the outstanding universal value of Machu Picchu in the long term". In other words, check at all times that the "maximum reasonable simultaneity" of visitors does not exceed 2,500 people and does not exceed the maximum daily limit of 5,600 visits, determined by a study in 2015.

It is also necessary to dispel the high congregation of tourists that tends to occur between 8 and 11 years of age, during which several models of tourist use are coupled in the same space. "For him, the current focus is flow modeling, controlling a steady stream of incoming and outgoing visitors during the hours of attention on the site, "he said.

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Three time slots

To control the maximum simultaneity of the visitors were organized maximum cap on ticket sales for each hourly income (HR):

1- For the first time period, from 6 to 9, authorized the sale of 2,550 valid tickets to enter this period. This would ensure a maximum simultaneity of 2,300 visitors in the Llaqta and add the 100 tourists entering via Wiñaywayna (Inca Trail) in this beach. In addition, at least 350 hikers go directly to the Machu Picchu and Wayna Picchu mountains.

2- For the second HR, from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm, the sale of 1,850 valid tickets is allowed to enter this schedule. It is estimated that at least 1,700 visitors of those who entered the Llaqta in the first RH – more than 100 who arrived from Wiñaywayna – have already left the citadel.

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The 100 who come from Phuyupatamarka (Inca Trail) are added, while 200 hikers return from the mountains of Machu Picchu and Wayna Picchu and another 350 enter, so there would be 500 walkers in both mountains (go and return). This would maintain a maximum simultaneity of 2,300 visitors.

3- For the third HR, from 12 to 15, he authorized the sale of 1,200 valid tickets to enter in those hours. At that time, the 850 missing visitors of the first HR, plus 100 arrivals from Phuyupatamarka (Inca Trail) and at least 1,250 of the second HR have already left the Llaqta.

The 250 people arriving from kilometer 104 of the Inca route are added and a simultaneity of up to 2,450 visitors would be processed. In turn, 400 marchers return from the mountains of Machu Picchu and Wayna Picchu and another 100 enter, leaving 200 marchers to leave both mountains.

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In turn, to dissipate the high temporary concentration from 8 to 11, a tariff policy will be developed this year with the aim of encouraging the visits in the afternoon and discourage income in the morning.

Other tour options

The official pointed out that "the new management model of Machu Picchu resumes its current concept of exploitation and incorporates other ancestral routes and different landscapes.

The rapid incorporation of new sites for the tourist visit is planned: the eastern platforms, Incarakay, the Temple of the Moon and the Great Caverva, in addition to "ancestral walks" badociated with the Machu Picchu experience, such as the Incakay ritual trail or the Fountains Trail.

The Machu Picchu Visitor Center "will be the key to the system and the iconic work" of the bicentennial of Peru's independence in 2021. "It will include three blocks: the staff residence, the l & # 39; 39, auditorium and information center, and – the most important- a single point of entry, check tickets and start all the possibilities of visit and public use in Machu Picchu ", he said.