Iconic site faces being stripped of ‘Wonder of the World’ status amid tourist chaos | World | News
An organization can be purified from its status after leaving 900 tourists trapped on the historical site of one of the ‘seven wonders of the world’. Following the blocking of the railway roads to the 15th century castle by a large public transportation agreement, hundreds of visitors remained near Machu Picchu in Peru this week. This is just a series of blockade. tourist Discoveries; However, social unrest on the new infrastructure for holidaymakers dates back to 2023.
The New7wonders organization could see that tourism was removed from its distinguished status as one of the seven wonders of the world. In 2007, the New7wonders, who conducted a global survey to choose the ‘Seven Wonders’, sent a letter to the Peru government after the latest interruptions and said that the rank of the site could be re -evaluated if the conflict between the visitors and the locals continued to increase.
The organization also issued a public letter to the people of the South American country and said that one of the most famous places in the world was detonated by internal conflicts as well as the number of growing visitors and price increases.
“There [has also been] “The explanation continued.” If these issues are not discussed, Peru may continue to influence Peru’s image as a place where visitors have a bad experience, thus endangering Machu Picchu’s reliability as one of the seven wonders of the world. “
New7wonders, local authorities ‘Wonder’ assignment of the site to be responsible and protecting a commitment to imply a commitment, he said.
According to the interruption made on Wednesday, the demonstrators and tourists who put “rocks in various sizes” on the mountainous Cusco region involved in digging a portion of the Perurail road to prevent release of tourists.
The protesters were talking against a bus service designed to ferry visitors from Machupicchu Town – the locals appealed to transparency.
Peru’s former Tourism Minister Madeleine Burns, “privilege, all companies to participate in the necessary transparency was not tendered in a timely manner.” He said. Bloomberg. “Lack of transparency is the biggest problem.”
The authority added that the route produced approximately 32 million dollars ($ 27.8 million) per year.
Local Tourism Chamber Voice President Juan Stoessel added that the high -income site was “seriously managed by various political interests”. “This is the back straw.”
