Posted by admin | Posted in Peru | Posted on 31-10-2009
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According to the BBC, life in the resorts of Peru – the cities of Cusco and Machu Picchu – have been detained for 24 hours due to the protest in which thousands people took part. Participants of demonstration against the law that allows private investors to purchase land for the construction of hotels and entertainment centers for tourists near the Inca pyramids and buildings.
Thousands of Peruvians, including descendants of the Incas, have blocked all roads in motor leading to the city of Cusco and the historical and archaeological reserve of Sacsayhuaman, as well as the streets of Cusco. Protesters also blocked roads rail the country. Students at San Antonio Abad National University of Culture held Avenue, the main street of Cusco, to the 5 pm mass protests are on the move to other regions. According to Chief of Cusco's Regional Assembly, Efraín Yepes, Protestants supported by nearly 90 percent of the population. No traffic in the Valley of Santa. All tours have been canceled tour.
One of the most massive actions of protest in the history of Peru is connected with the introduction of the Bill 29,164 and 29,167 seconds for President Hugo Gonzales Sayan in Parliament. They enable private investors to build in the area of maximum concentration of historical monuments of the Incas. For the first time, the bills were scrapped most Peruvian MPs. For the second time, the results of the vote that had left no possibility for the authors of the draft laws were overturned.
Cusco – the ancient capital of the Empire Trail and the oldest city in South America – is the tourist mecca of Peru. In the nearby city of Machu Picchu, which is also proposed for construction, was declared one of the "new seven wonders of the world" in 2007. The famous Inca pyramids located there. Every year, these places are visited by several million people. Tourist routes through cities of the Inca Empire are a major source of revenue for the budget of Peru.
This is not the first case, when the historical heritage is being marketed or undervalued and lacking the attention and being destroyed by tourists. In Egypt, the ancient frescoes are painted on [http://www.gurutraveller.com/14:Ancient-frescoes-need-protection-against-tourists] with graffiti and some of them are completely lost now.
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Caral Supe, PERU 3000 BC
