Tourists turned away from Machu Picchu

Hundreds of tourists have had to be turned away from Machu Picchu after Peru’s famed Inca ruins reached capacity.

Hundreds of tourists have had to be turned away from Machu Picchu after Peru’s famed Inca ruins reached capacity.

Angry visitors blocked a bridge for two hours in the town of Aguas Calientes at the entrance to the ruins stopping buses that ferry visitors to the hilltop archaeological site.

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