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LIMA – Peru opened the ruins of Machu Picchu to a single Japanese tourist after waiting almost seven months to enter the Inca citadel, while the coronavirus outbreak trapped in the Andean country.
Jesse Takayama’s access to the ruins came thanks to a special request that he submitted while he was stranded since mid-March in the city of Aguas Calientes, in the foothills of the mountains near the site, Culture Minister Alejandro Neyra said. On Monday.
“He came to Peru with the dream of being to enter,” Neyra said at a virtual press conference. “The Japanese citizen came in with our park manager so he can do it before returning to his country. “
Takayama, with his price ticket in hand since March, entered the ruins of the citadel built more than 500 years ago on Saturday and have become the first stopover in seven months to make a stopover at the World Heritage site. days in Peru to make a stopover in Machu Picchu.
“It’s so amazing! Takayama said in a video recorded in the most sensitive of Machu Picchu Mountain.
Minister Neyra said that in November, the stone ruins of Machu Picchu will be reopened to domestic and foreign tourists, without specifying the date, which will coincide with 30% of its overall capacity of another 675 people according to the day.
“We’re still in the middle of a pandemic,” Neyra said. “This will be done with all care. “
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