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Drones Head to Machu Picchu Because Tourists Kept Using It as a Toilet

Raquel Reichard — Thu, 23 Jan 2020 16:32:39 +0000

Officials are stepping up security at Machu Picchu after visitors were recently caught damaging and defecating inside the world wonder. “We are going to strengthen security at Machu Picchu by installing high-tech cameras,” Jose Bastante, the head of the archeological park, told Agence France-Presse, as reported by the Daily Mail. “This will allow us to

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Peru Aims to Plant 1 Million Trees Around Machu Picchu

Raquel Reichard — Fri, 10 Jan 2020 16:50:54 +0000

This article has been edited to include details about a planned airport near Machu Picchu. On Thursday, Peruvian President Martín Vizcarra announced a campaign to plant 1,000,000 trees near Machu Picchu in an effort to reforest and protect the world wonder. “We’re here to begin the planting of a million trees in the protected zone

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A Family Has Been Fighting for the Ownership of Machu Picchu for 14 Years

Yara Simón — Thu, 11 Apr 2019 16:57:12 +0000

While you may know that Machu Picchu is incredibly breathtaking, you may not know that for the past 14 years, the tourist attraction has been at the center of a legal dispute. In 2005, the Zavaleta Zavaleta family filed a suit, which claimed they were the owners of Machu Picchu. Recently, Peru’s Supreme Court made

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