When anti-government protests erupted and turned violent in Lima and Cusco in January 2023, Peru’s tourism industry had just begun recovering from nearly two years of pandemic shutdowns, after suffering one of the highest death tolls in the world. “About three or four weeks ago, things looked really bad, and it was difficult for us, because tourism is a very …
Peru's Machu Picchu, an Inca-era stone citadel nestled in its southeastern jungle, reopened on Wednesday after being closed nearly a month ago amid anti-government protests, the culture ministry announced. General view of the ancient Inca ruins of Machu Picchu in the Urubamba valley, seventy-two kilometres from the Andes city of Cusco, open for the first time after they were closed …
