Restricted Access

One of the most unusual and spectacular sites to visit outside of New Zealand is called Machu Picchu. It is an ancient city that was built high up in the mountains in the country of Peru in South America. You have to take a train and/or walk through a series of mountains and valleys to reach it. Over the past few decades millions of tourists have made the trek to Machu Picchu. Unfortunately, this has damaged the area and the local government has decided to restrict the number of visitors to the site each year. This decision has upset a lot of tourists who really want to see Machu Picchu but aren’t allowed to go.

I think it's a good idea to restrict the numbers of visitors, locals should be able to go but not so many tourists. I think we have caused this problem ourselves all over the world by pushing tourism. If we kept special local things a bit more private then anyone that came to the area would be able to visit because not so many people would know about the places so wouldn't be visiting in the first place. Also the tourists that went to special rural locations would more likely be nature lovers rather than people filling up their travel itineraries and those people would be more likely to tidy up after themselves and look after the area.

Link to Photo   Hustonia   Shutterstock 147330278 axratp. Image: Shutterstock. Machu Picchu.