Everything was in place for the Inca Citadel of Machupicchu—Peru’s leading tourist destination—to increase its daily visitor limit to 5,600 starting Friday, June 19, in accordance with Ministerial Resolution No. 285-2025-MC, marking the beginning of the high tourism season at the attraction.
Since May, Machupicchu—located in Urubamba province, Cusco region—has seen a massive influx of tourists, leaving the “low tourism season” behind.
Visitors reach Machupicchu via the Ollantaytambo–Machupicchu Pueblo (Town) railway route, the Santa Teresa–Hydroelectric Station route (Amazon route), as well as the Inca Trail linking Ollantaytambo and the Inca Citadel.
Visitors generally choose to purchase one of the 3,600 tickets available online, while the remaining 1,000 are sold at the Culture Ministry’s office in Machupicchu Pueblo.
In the town, long queues and frustration have arisen among visitors seeking to obtain a reservation pass, which only allows them to purchase an admission ticket and enter the wonder the following day.
In response to this treatment, the cultural authority attempted to solve the problem by introducing in-person advance sales of up to three days.
This means that tourists receive a ticket or pass which allows them to secure the purchase of admission.
However, this did not remedy the dissatisfaction due to the number of days they had to remain in Machupicchu Pueblo.
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– The daily visitor limit of 5,600 tourists at Machupicchu, established under Ministerial Resolution No. 285-2025-MC, was applied on January 1 and from April 2 to 5.
– It will also be in effect from June 19 to November 2, as well as from December 30 to 31 of this year.
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