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The collapse of tourism brings problems to Machu Picchu
Lucien Chauvin
© Photograph by Sharon Castellanos and Victor Zea
In the fall of 2020, a woman walked by the Cathedral of Cusco high in the Peruvian Andes. Tourism in the area surrounding the Incan ruins at Machu Picchu have come to a halt due to COVID-19 closures, and many residents have returned to agriculture and other trades to support themselves.
Editor’s Note: This work was supported by the Emergency Fund by COVID-19 for Journalists from the National Geographic Society.
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Sebastián Tobón, owner of Supertramp Hostels in Aguas Calientes, Peru, sits in one of his empty properties in the Peruvian town adjacent to Machu Picchu. The COVID-19 pandemic has decimated the tourism economy in the area surrounding the Inca ruins, which attract more than a million visitors in a normal year. ....

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