1. The effects of tourism in
Machu Picchu, Peru
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2. Positive Negative Economic impacts
The porters are paid $10 each day for a full day trip.
Hand craft market has developed just for tourists.
The hotels such as Sanctuary lodge at the entrance to Machu Picchu and the train line to the site are owned and run by the Orient-express hotel group, based in Bermuda. Therefore, a lot of the profit made from tourism leaves the country because the hotels are not owned by Peruvians.
Positive
A trip of $12 is given to each member of the tour party and shared the porters. This is considerably more than hotel workers are paid
Generates $40 million are year in income for the Peruvian government.
Negative
Economic impacts
Tourists spend money in the area, which has a positive impact on the incomes of local residents.
The best jobs and, therefore, the high paying jobs are done by foreigners not local people, who are brought in to work by the foreign hotel company.

3. Environmental impacts
No plastic bottles are allowed on the trail, since 2000, only canteens.
Positive
The tourists pay $50 each to travel the Inca Trail, which contributes to the upkeep of the area.
Year
Trekkers on the Inca Trail
1992
5,000
1994
14,500
1996
30,500
1998
53,500
2000
82,000
Machu Picchu has been designated a world heritage site to protect it from large numbers of tourists.
The numbers of people on the trail are being limited to 500 a day to reduce the rate of erosion.
Environmental impacts
Tourists pick orchids which grow among the ruins and along the side of the trail.
Garbage is thrown into rivers such as Urubamba, or left close to the trail. This includes human excreta.
Negative
The rubbish bins along the trail are picked up by park wordens and simply dumped, usually in an
Erosion is beginning to occur on the Inca Trail due to pressure of 500 tourists a day. In 1998, 53,500 tourist walked the trail.