Peru's Inca ruins site to reopen in April

Machu Picchu, a renowned ancient Inca ruins site, will reopen to the public from April, Peru's Minister of Trade Martin Perez announced on Tuesday.

"From 1st April we hope to receive millions of tourists who have always come to Cusco", the minister said after highlighting the progress of the railway rehabilitation that was damaged by heavy rains in Cusco province.

Perez said that the level of Vilcanota River has decreased to its normality, and this situation has allowed the work to continue.

The access to Machu Picchu has been restricted until April because of the repairing work, he said.

However, the minister stressed that despite the torrential rains which caused flooding and great losses to the tourism sector in southern Peru, the famous Inca City is still intact.

Perez also acknowledged the success of campaign "Cusco pone", in which Peruvian people can travel by plane to Cusco from 49 soles (17 dollars), and they can be hosted at three- or four-star hotels with 70 soles (24.57 dollars) each.

At the same time, Peru is carrying out different promotion campaigns to bring back foreign tourists to Peru such as free plane tickets to Cusco if tourists come to the country using the airline LanPeru.