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But as a former deputy minister of culture, he knows virtually all of peru's tourism depends on one site. when a land slide came, tourism fell. is the financial pressure to allow more people in? 2 million. he says there will be tighter control on pedestrian flow and limits on the size of tour groups but 2 million would mean twice as many visitors as now. so do you think it people that are crowding in here today are getting that inca experience, what the king enjoyed? >> i don't think so. maybe 45 years ago when i came here for the first time and

Number of tourists we should allow into machu picchu, what is your answer? first as an archeologist. >> that's easy. none. >> zero. but as it former deputy minister of culture, he knows virtually all of peru's tourism depends on one site. when a land slide came, tourism fell. is the financial pressure to w more people in? 2 million. he says there will be tighter control on pedestrian flow and limits on the size of tour groups but 2 million would mean twice as many visitors as now. so do you think it people that are crowding in here today are

The arcane maneuvers, the spectacle of both sides bringing tour groups to stare at the opposing country. they have a tour going on right now, and they're waving at us. and so what is that? >> there's a commercial tour. it's very likely made up of, i can see some westerners. i can see some asian folks, a lot of chinese visitors. they will often have north koreans come. a lot of times there are party officials and party members. even american visitors not associated with the government in the military prior to september 1 travel ban. american visitors would go there. my counterpart over there is...

1st, including diplomats. how much of a blow is this to the united states? >> well, it's a significant loss of diplomatic presence obviously, but ironically, it's going to be a loss also to russia. many of those individuals are involved with organizing and approving visas both going to the united states and people entering russia, tour groups, tourism. so, economic collaboration to the extent we have it, it's not just a penalty to us. i think in the long run it will be a penalty to the russians. again, the one thing we have to do is not allow putin to see this as a moral equivalence. we impose...

Nearby greek islands leaving at least two people dead. you can see hundreds running near the epicenter in turkey, it was a 6.7 magnitude quake. this was the scene on the greek island of kos. we're told two, one from sweden, one from turkey, were killed. the u.s. is expected to ban american citizens from visiting north korea. that is according to two tour groups that take western tourists there. the u.s. state department spokesperson had said last month it was being contemplated. this news of course follows the death of otto warmbier, the american college student arrested in north korea last ye...