Peru has changed how people buy tickets to Machu Picchu. People can no longer hold tickets in advance without paying. On the official ticket website, Tu Boleto, buyers now have 15 minutes to finish paying. After that, the website offers the tickets to other people. Each ticket must have a name. Visitors must show an ID with the same name to enter. Peru’s Ministry of Culture wants the website to show tickets people can really buy. It is testing this system. The time to pay may become longer or shorter after the test.
The visitor limits stay the same. Machu Picchu allows 5,600 visitors a day in the busy season and 4,500 in the less busy season. The Inca Trail paths allow 750 visitors a day. The DDC-Cusco ticket office in Machu Picchu Town sells 1,000 tickets each day. People can use these tickets the next day.
Machu Picchu is an Inca site from the 15th century. Visitors from Europe first fly to Lima, Peru’s capital, and then to Cusco. They can take a train or bus to Machu Picchu Town. From there, they can walk or take another bus up to the site. Madrid, Barcelona, Paris, and Amsterdam have direct flights to Lima.
