00:00Buying a Machu Picchu ticket is about to change.
00:03Peru's Ministry of Culture has scrapped advance reservation tickets.
00:07Now buyers have 15 minutes to finish a purchase on the official Tubaledo website.
00:12Unfinished reservations are released back into circulation.
00:15Only named tickets are sold, and the holder's ID must match the ticket to enter.
00:19The ministry says the goal is to make sure availability shown online
00:23matches tickets the public can actually buy.
00:26It describes the new system as an initial trial.
00:29And the 15-minute limit may be raised or lowered afterward.
00:32No start date was given.
00:34Visitor caps are unchanged.
00:36The Citadel allows 3,600 visitors a day in high season and 45 in low season.
00:42The Inca Trail network is capped at 750 visitors a day.
00:46A further 1,000 tickets are available daily at the ticket office in Machu Picchu, Pueblo.
00:51Disclosure.
00:52This video contains stock footage and content created or enhanced using AI-assisted tools.
