said Tourism Minister Magali Silva<\/a>.<\/p>\nA new 24-hour emergency alert system will\u00a0cover the tourist route that stretches\u00a0143 miles\u00a0from\u00a0Cusco, Pisaq, Chinchero, Urubamba and Ollantaytambo to Machu Picchu, she said.<\/p>\n
Travelers arriving to Cusco’s Velasco Astete Airport will see signs with a QR code to download an App for\u00a0\u00a0smart-phones, tablets and Androids\u00a0called “Tourism Police Peru.” It\u00a0can be used to immediately contact the tourism police in case of any emergency. Travelers can also call this toll free number: 0800 22221.<\/p>\n
“In the first half of the year, the citadel of Machu Picchu has received about 570,000 tourists, domestic (24%) and foreign (76%), representing an increase of 13.7\u00a0percent\u00a0compared to the same period in\u00a02014,” said Silva.<\/p>\n
Increasingly,\u00a0families in Cusco’s countryside\u00a0make their living from tourism and have greatly improved their standard of living providing tourist services. “It is incumbent on us, as the\u00a0State,” Silva said, “to create conditions and an atmosphere of security so that the flow of tourists doesn’t stop.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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