{"id":600495,"date":"2023-01-23T18:51:43","date_gmt":"2023-01-24T00:51:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.sellorbuyhomefast.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/23\/one-of-the-new-seven-wonders-of-the-world-is-currently-inaccessible\/"},"modified":"2023-01-23T18:51:43","modified_gmt":"2023-01-24T00:51:43","slug":"one-of-the-new-seven-wonders-of-the-world-is-currently-inaccessible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/23\/one-of-the-new-seven-wonders-of-the-world-is-currently-inaccessible\/","title":{"rendered":"One of the new seven wonders of the world is currently inaccessible"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Machu Picchu and its Inca trail hike have closed down as Peruvian authorities attempt to clamp down on anti-government protests. <\/p>\n

The decision to close down the attraction came as around 418 people<\/a><\/span>\u2014148 tourists and 270 nationals\u2014had to be rescued from the citadel because damage to parts of railways caused by recent protests left them stranded. <\/p>\n

This wasn\u2019t the first time visitors have been stranded at the UNESCO World Heritage Site due to unrest. Last month, thousands had to be airlifted<\/a><\/span> after being stuck there for several days.<\/p>\n

Peru has been rocked by protests since former president Pedro Castillo, the first indigenous leader of the Andean nation, was impeached and imprisoned in December on charges of rebellion and conspiracy after a failed attempt to dissolve Congress. The grassroots movement<\/a><\/span>, which doesn\u2019t have a clear leadership, has been calling for his successor Dina Boluarte to resign.<\/p>\n

Protesters want fresh elections to decide Castillo\u2019s successor, but Boluarte says she will not step down. She\u2019s instead agreed to hold elections in 2024, ahead of the scheduled 2026 round.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Machu Picchu in a troubled Peru, by the digits<\/h2>\n

53:<\/strong><\/a><\/span> <\/strong>People who\u2019ve died in the protests so far, majorly due to clashes with security forces<\/p>\n

More than 100:<\/strong><\/a><\/span> Protesters detained after police raided Peru\u2019s most important public university in Lima to evict protesters, according to Interior Minister Vicente Romero<\/p>\n

$185 million:<\/strong><\/a><\/span> The revenue loss for Peru in 2010 when Machu Picchu closed for two months following extensive flooding around Aguas Calientes, which caused approximately 4,000 people to become stranded due to damage to the railway between Aguas Calientes and Ollantaytambo<\/p>\n

2,000:<\/strong><\/a><\/span> People who visit Machu Picchu daily<\/p>\n

111,000-plus:<\/strong><\/a><\/span> Signatories on a petition which argues that a new airport being built in Chinchero, Cusco, is \u201ca serious threat to the conservation of one of the most important heritage sites in the world.\u201d It\u2019s slated to open in October 2024<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/a>Quotable: Machu Picchu is key to Peru\u2019s tourism sector<\/h2>\n
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\u201cThe prestige of Machu Picchu and its importance to the Peruvian tourism industry has allowed Andean people to say to Lima \u2018you should be celebrating us and our culture.\u2019 And I think the Peruvian state is now happy to celebrate Andean folklore and Incan history\u2014although it still tends to sidestep the contemporary. They\u2019re less interested in talking about land rights, for example.\u201d \u2014Mark Rice<\/a><\/span>, a historian and author of Making Machu Picchu<\/em>, which addresses 20th-century tourism in Peru<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

<\/a>One more thing: What happens to Machu Picchu tickets that have already been bought?<\/h2>\n

Tourists who had already bought tickets for Machu Picchu from Jan 21 until one month after whenever the protests end are eligible to use the ticket within the month after reopening, or they\u2019re entitled to a full refund<\/a><\/span>, as per the Culture Ministry.<\/p>\n

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\n Ananya Bhattacharya<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Machu Picchu and its Inca trail hike have closed down as Peruvian authorities attempt to clamp down on anti-government protests. The decision to close down the attraction came as around 418 people\u2014148 tourists and 270 nationals\u2014had to be rescued from the citadel because damage to parts of railways caused by recent protests left them stranded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":600496,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2249,27547],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-600495","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-seven","8":"category-wonders"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/600495","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=600495"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/600495\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/600496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=600495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=600495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=600495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}