“The Decentralized Directorate of Culture of Cusco, reported that the Inca Llaqta (citadel) of Machu Picchu received 447,800 visitors during the year 2021,” indicates a statement from the Ministry of Culture.
Before the pandemic in 2019, the citadel was visited by 1,505,428 million tourists, according to official figures, which meant about 4,345 passengers per day.
The 2021 figure represents only 29.7% of 2019.
After being closed in 2020 for almost eight months due to the pandemic, only 274,594 visitors arrived at Machu Picchu that year.
The flow of visitors began in 2021 with an expectation in January, however, during February visits were suspended due to the second wave of the pandemic.
Visits were restarted in March and from then on a growing trend was recorded until reaching its highest peak during the month of October, when the entry of 67,583 visitors was reported.
Currently the capacity to admit visitors to the citadel is 3,044 people per day.
This capacity would allow the entry of 1.1 million visitors a year, according to the ministry.
The Peruvian economy fell 11.12% in 2020 and was in recession until June 2021, but the hit was much greater in tourism (-50.45%). Cusco stopped receiving about 1,400 million dollars due to the absence of tourists.
Peru accumulates more than two million cases of covid-19 and more than 203,000 deaths since the start of the pandemic in early 2020.
Source From: Ambito
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