A tourist from Japan who traveled to Peru in March was finally able to see what he went there for – after seven months of waiting. Peru's culture ministry reopened Machu Picchu for the man, who got...

Machu Picchu has been closed to the public since March 16 AFP via Getty Images Machu Picchu, the Inca citadel located in the Andes, southern Peru, opened this week to allow one stranded Japanese...

Machu Picchu, Peru. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons [ CC BY-SA 2.0 ]) Most travelers dream of visiting the 15th-century Incan city of Machu Picchu. Traveler Jesse Katayama was excited to visit this UNESCO World Heritage site nestled 8,000 feet above sea level in the Andes mountains, but it was closed to tourists due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Machu Picchu has been closed to tourists since March Mr Katayama was permitted to enter the ruins on Saturday with the head of the park "so that he can do this before returning to his country", Mr...

Since it first opened to tourists in 1948, Machu Picchu has been closed just once before, for two months in 2010 when a flood destroyed the railway tracks connecting it to a station on the...

Welcome to Machu Picchu – please wait your turn. Peru’s top tourist destination will be capping daily visitor capacity at just 25 percent of its former occupancy upon reopening in July. The ancient...

A sixth tourist, 28-year-old Argentine Nahuel Gomez, has been barred from leaving the small town of Machu Picchu after allegedly admitting to damaging the Temple of the Sun at the ancient Inca...