During the last week of July, which included the long holiday weekend marking Peru's Independence Day, more than 26,000 domestic and foreign tourists visited the citadel or llaqta of Machu Picchu, the <a href="https://www.culturacusco.gob.pe/"target=" blank"
15:00 | Cusco (Cusco region), May. 11. People over 60 years of age living in Machu Picchu district, located in Cusco s Urubamba Province, will be immunized against COVID-19 between May 11 and 12, as part of the safe economy and tourism rebound promoted by the Regional Government of Cusco.
According to Cusco Governor Jean Paul Benavente, brigade members from the health sector will administer 500 Pfizer vaccines to the elderly and vulnerable population in the district of Machu Picchu Town and surrounding peasant communities.
The regional authority noted that the early inoculation of this population group is part of a commitment made at a recent meeting with the Ministry of Culture (Mincul) and the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism (Mincetur).
15:00 | Cusco (Cusco region), May. 11. People over 60 years of age living in Machu Picchu district, located in Cusco s Urubamba Province, will be immunized against COVID-19 between May 11 and 12, as part of the safe economy and tourism rebound promoted by the Regional Government of Cusco.
According to Cusco Governor Jean Paul Benavente, brigade members from the health sector will administer 500 Pfizer vaccines to the elderly and vulnerable population in the district of Machu Picchu Town and surrounding peasant communities.
The regional authority noted that the early inoculation of this population group is part of a commitment made at a recent meeting with the Ministry of Culture (Mincul) and the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism (Mincetur).
Photo: ANDINA/Luis Zuta
09:09 | Cusco (Cusco region), Jan. 29. Visits to museums and archaeological monuments, such as Machu Picchu, within regions under very high and extreme alert, will be suspended from January 31 to February 14, in order to comply with the mandatory social immobilization decreed by the Government to contain the spread of COVID-19, the Ministry of Culture (Mincul) has reported.
Mincul-operated museums that will be open to guests include Chan Chan Site Museum, the Huacas of the Sun and Moon Archaeological Complex, and the Huaca El Brujo Archaeological Complex in La Libertad region, as well as the Brüning National Archaeological Museum in Lambayeque region.