Machu Picchu: Ministry of Culture will maintain limits on visitors in 2023 (El Comercio [Spanish] - 12/29/2022)
Machu Picchu: Ministry of Culture will maintain limits on visitors in 2023 (Spanish) Only 4044 people will be able to enter a day until June 30, 2023. The purpose is to protect the world heritage site. The Ministry of Culture announced this Thursday, September 29, that the number of 4,044 daily visitors to the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu will be maintained until June 30, 2023. The measure will be in force from January 1, 2023, complying with the recommendations for its preservation by UNESCO. “The commitment that we assume from the resolution that approves the capacity for Machu Picchu, is already issued. We have it here in our hands. I want to inform you that we are approving the extension of the term established in Article 1 of Resolution 224 of 2022, until June 30, 2023. It's six more months, but it doesn't mean we're going to stay there. Towards the month of February, we must continue working to solve complex situations such as the management of monuments,” said the he...