Peru opens Machu Picchu ruins for one tourist

Japanese tourist waited almost seven months to enter Inca citadel while trapped in country during coronavirus pandemic Peru has opened the ruins of Machu Picchu for a single Japanese tourist after he waited almost seven months to enter the Inca citadel, while trapped in the Andean country during the coronavirus outbreak. Jesse Katayama’s entry into the ruins came thanks to a special request he submitted while stranded since mid-March in the town of Aguas Calientes, on the slopes of the mountains near the site, said the minister of culture, Alejandro Neyra, on Monday. Continue reading...

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