Hiram Bingham \u2014 considered by many as the ‘first tourist to Machu Picchu’ \u2014 a century ago. What Peru vacation would he choose if he were alive today?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nThe private sector has done its part, with its plans set since last September, he said. But Canales contends that government delays have made it impossible to advance and coordinate with the 250 invited correspondents from NBC, BBC, National Geographic, and the New York Times, among others.<\/p>\n
The same problem exists for celebrities that Peru is hoping to entice into participating in the event, which will not be open to the general public.<\/p>\n
“The singers aren’t going to wait either, and the risk is that neither Sting, nor Bono, nor Paul McCartney will accept and go to Machu Picchu,” he said.<\/p>\n
Sting reportedly told TV station Frequencia Latina (channel 2) that negotiations for him to perform at Machu Picchu have occurred, “but there’s nothing confirmed.”<\/p>\n
Canales hinted that a dispute might be brewing over who the headliner should be, inadvertently dissing two of Latin music’s biggest singing stars.<\/p>\n
Peru’s Ministry of Tourism “is consulting with President Alan Garc\u00ada if they want Sting or another singer,” Canales said. “Instead of Juanes or Shakira, we want a global singer with a world following and this implies a lot of important coordination.”<\/p>\n
As noted in the Yale Daily News story \u2014 the first of a three-part series offering an inside look at how Yale arrived at the decision to return the artifacts \u2014 Garc\u00ada’s administration pushed hard for the return of the Machu Picchu relics before July 7. That’s the anniversary of the day Machu Picchu was named on of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World.<\/p>\n
But perhaps more importantly, the deal to bring the objects back to Peru was achieved before July 28, when Garc\u00ada’s six-year term of office ends.<\/p>\n
Canatur’s members are footing most of the $3.6 million bill for the event and Canales said if the government continues to cause delays ahead of the 100-year celebration, they will unilaterally postpone until Sept. 27: World Tourism Day.<\/p>\n
Then the event can be coordinated with Peru’s newly elected head of state.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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<\/a>But will Peru be ready to host the commemorative anniversary bash at the mystic site, planned for July 7?<\/p>\n![\"Hiram](\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Hiram-Bingham-179x300.jpg\" "\\"Hiram")
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