{"id":10709,"date":"2015-07-06T19:29:55","date_gmt":"2015-07-07T00:29:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fertur-travel.com\/blog\/?p=10709"},"modified":"2017-09-11T16:12:03","modified_gmt":"2017-09-11T21:12:03","slug":"machu-picchu-spared-from-unesco-endangered-sites-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fertur-travel.com\/blog\/2015\/machu-picchu-spared-from-unesco-endangered-sites-list\/10709\/","title":{"rendered":"Machu Picchu spared from UNESCO endangered sites list"},"content":{"rendered":"

Machu Picchu has averted the long-feared threat of being added to UNESCO’s infamous list of endangered cultural heritage sites, Cusco officials announced Monday.<\/p>\n

In a unanimous decision, UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee, now in its 39th<\/sup> session in Bonn, Germany, agreed to leave\u00a0Machu Picchu off the\u00a0“endangered” sites list, said Ricardo Ruiz Caro, chief of Cusco\u2019s regional Culture Directorate, in a prepared statement posted on Peru’s Ministry of Culture Web site.<\/p>\n

“There was some fear that Machu Picchu would be included on that list, but we did an impeccable job to address UNESCO’s observations\u00a0and work technically with the advisory bodies to the World Heritage Committee,” Ruiz Caro said.<\/p>\n

The decision to table “Machu Picchu was”t even debated on the recommendation of the advisory bodies,” he said.<\/p>\n

He added that UNESCO will not revisit the question definitively until 2017 following further technical visits later this year and next, , who was part of the Peruvian delegation that participated at the meeting of the World Heritage Committee of UNESCO.<\/p>\n

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Under pressure from UNESCO to fix myriad problems \u2014 from overcrowding and a\u00a0lack of basic tourist infrastructure to inadequate solid waste management \u2014\u00a0Peru has been implementing strict new procedures since last year.<\/p>\n

In April, the government\u00a0approved a long awaited Master Plan for Machu Picchu <\/a>that\u00a0maps out\u00a0a dramatic “reconceptualization\u201d\u009d of the Inca Citadel, backed by a proposed $43.7 million makeover for the Inca citadel.<\/p>\n

The following month, UNESCO’s highest official toured the ancient Inca complex and lavished praise on\u00a0Peru\u00a0for its conservation\u00a0efforts.<\/p>\n

“It is the first time I am visiting Machu Picchu and honestly, I am impressed by the beauty of the place,\u201d\u009d Kishore Rao, chief\u00a0of the\u00a0Paris-based World Heritage Centre, told Radioprogramas Radio<\/a>. “The state of conservation and maintenance of this World Heritage site is a beautiful experience.\u201d\u009d<\/p>\n

Rao reportedly offered congratulations to Juan Pablo de la Puente, vice minister of Cultural Patrimony in Peru\u2019s Ministry of Culture. “Their labor reflects the perfect state of conservation and maintenance of the site, which is admired by the whole world,\u201d\u009d he reportedly said.<\/p>\n

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Machu Picchu has averted the long-feared threat of being added to UNESCO’s infamous list of endangered cultural heritage sites, Cusco officials announced Monday. In a unanimous decision, UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee, now in its 39th session in Bonn, Germany, agreed to leave\u00a0Machu Picchu off the\u00a0“endangered” sites list, said Ricardo Ruiz Caro, chief of Cusco\u2019s regional…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":10711,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,27],"tags":[761,271,753],"post_series":[],"class_list":["post-10709","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-destinations","category-news","tag-machu-picchu","tag-unesco","tag-world-heritage-sites","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t