I-MACHU PICCHU, ePeru - Abavakashi babuyele emathempelini e-Machu Picchu ePeru avalwa izinyanga ezimbili ngemuva kokuthi iziphepho ezibulalayo zicekele phansi indawo enkulu yokungena esizeni.
Izimvula ezinamandla ngasekupheleni kuka-January zaphoqa abantu abangaphezu kuka-4,000 ukuba baphume ngendiza edolobheni lekhulu le-15 elise-Andes futhi kwashona abayisikhombisa.
Lezi ziphepho ziphinde zaba nomthelela omkhulu embonini yezokuvakasha yezwe laseNingizimu Melika ngokulahleka kwemali elinganiselwa ku-R185 million, kusho uMnyango wezokuVakasha.
Indawo Yamagugu Omhlaba ibekwe cishe ngamamitha angama-2,500 (amafidi angama-8,200) ezintabeni zase-Andes ephinde yavulwa ngokusemthethweni ngoLwesine kodwa isakhungethwe ukukhathazeka ngokulondolozwa kwayo njengoba kunezinhlelo eziqhubekayo zokwakha enye indlela yokungena emanxiweni.
“Kuyimfihlakalo. Kunamandla anjalo lapha!,” kusho u-Eva Maria Frittgen, umJalimane oneminyaka engu-23 ubudala, owayengomunye wabavakashi bokuqala ababuyela kulokho okubizwa ngokuthi “Idolobha Elilahlekile Lama-Inca” kuleli sonto.
Imvula enamandla kakhulu eminyakeni eyi-15 yakhukhula izingcezu ezinkulu zikajantshi wesitimela ongamakhilomitha angu-110 (70-mile) oletha cishe zonke izivakashi zansuku zonke ezingu-2,200 ezivakashela i-Machu Picchu usuku ngalunye.
Ubuhlungu bokuvalwa kwalesi sigameko buzwakale esifundazweni saseCuzco lapho abantu abangu-175,000 bethembele kwezokuvakasha. Idolobha laseCuzco belisebenza ngamaphesenti angama-30, kanti amanye amahhotela nezindawo zokudlela zivaliwe, uRoger Valencia, iphini likamongameli weChamber of Commerce, etshela abe-AFP.
Kungakho ukuvulwa kabusha kwe-Machu Picchu ngoLwesine kube yimbangela yokubungazwa nesihlabani saseHollywood uSusan Sarandon ejoyine izivakashi ezingaba ngu-1,000 emikhosini.
“Yeka impumuzo,” kubabaza u-Justiniana, othengisa amajezi e-alpaca edolobhaneni lase-Aguas Calientes, isango eliya e-Machu Picchu. “Ngalahlekelwa ngamasoli angu-200 (ama-dollar angu-70) ngosuku, sonke sasingenayo enye into esasingayenza.”
Idolobha lasendulo ngeke libe namandla aphelele ezivakashi okwesikhashana okwamanje. Kuzothatha ezinye izinyanga ezimbili ukulungisa ubude balo jantshi.
Kepha ukuvalwa kweMachu Picchu kwenze iPeru yaqaphela kakhulu ukuncika kwayo ezivakashini ezivakashela indawo ye-Inca kanti abanye embonini yezokuvakasha kanye nabezindaba bacele uhulumeni ukuthi ahlukanise isicelo sezwe.
UNgqongqoshe wezokuVakasha, uMartin Perez, ohambele ukuvulwa kabusha kwangoLwesine, ukhulume ngokwakhiwa komgwaqo omusha ozohlinzeka ngokunye ukungena e-Machu Picchu ngaphandle kukajantshi wesitimela.
I-UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) izwakalise ukukhathazeka ngokuthi le phrojekthi ingase iholele ekufinyeleleni okungalawuleki esigodlweni sase-Inca, okwase kuphele amakhulu amahlanu eminyaka, kuze kube yilapho sitholwa kabusha umhloli wamazwe waseMelika u-Hiram Bingham ngo-1911, sasingaziwa kwabanye abantu. Umhlaba.
Ochwepheshe bezamafa basePeru basebenzisana ne-UNESCO kuphrojekthi ehlinzeka ngokufinyelela okufanele kubucwebe bemivubukulo.
