Monitoring the impacts of tourism along the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu, Peru
Tropical Resources Institute News (2001)
Abstract
This paper describes a research project which involved the selection of indicators to evaluate environmental and social conditions along the trails to Machu Picchu, Peru, and the monitoring of these indicators in order to define trends and to determine if standards are being met. Some trends in the social and environmental data collected are presented, including a comparison of the main Inca Trail with less-used trails in the region. The implications of these data for the use of visitor limits and other management techniques to reduce environmental impacts along the Inca Trail are discussed.
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