The strict new rules at Machu Picchu
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Machu Picchu is on a number of people’s bucket lists as one of the destinations to see before they pass and seeing photos of the Incan ruins makes it easy to understand why.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">However, as interest in Machu Picchu continues to rise, access to the area has become limited.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">New ticketing systems have been put in place to limit tourists to visit at specifically scheduled times.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Tickets, once you purchase them, are valid for four hours and re-entry is often not allowed.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">You either book in for a “morning” or an “afternoon” slot at a cost of 152 peruvian Sol ($AUD65).</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Officials introduced the ticketing system as a way to control crowds heading to the Incan ruins.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In 2018, </span><a href="https://redirect.viglink.com/?format=go&jsonp=vglnk_155720760880212&key=a426d7531bff1ca375d5930dea560b93&libId=jvdd31lr0102i8oq000DAbjkeg2lp&loc=https%3A%2F%2Fedition.cnn.com%2Ftravel%2Farticle%2Fmachu-picchu-ticket-policy%2Findex.html&v=1&out=https%3A%2F%2Fcnn.com%2Ftravel%2Farticle%2Fovertourism-solutions%2Findex.html&ref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F&title=Machu%20Picchu%20enforces%20strict%20ticket%20policy%20%7C%20CNN%20Travel&txt=CNN%20Travel%20talked%20to%20Sarah%20Miginiac"><span style="font-weight: 400;">CNN Travel</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">spoke to Sarah Miginiac, who is the general manager for South America at adventure company G Adventures. She spoke about over tourism at Machu Picchu. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">"That's not what over tourism in Machu Picchu looks like," she says. In Peru's ancient city, it's a question of too many people trying to gain access.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">"There isn't the infrastructure around it," she said.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">She also stressed the need for a lasting solution that’s needed to control future tourism at the Incan ruins.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">"[The government] definitely need to make sure that whatever solution is going to be found to access Machu Picchu is actually a solution that will enable growth for the future as well, and not only for the current amount of passengers," said Miginiac.</span></p>
