Peru to launch online ticketing system for Machu Picchu this month

• Cusco, Apr. 07 (ANDINA). Authorities in Cusco announced Thursday that tourists wishing to visit Peru's top tourist attraction, Machu Picchu, will be able to book their tickets online from anywhere in the world starting late April 2011.At present, the system allows tourists to make reservations online and pay for their tickets at any branch of Banco de la Nación nationwide or at the Ministry of Culture's office in the Imperial City.
  "By the end of this month, people will be able to pay with VISA card. Once payment is made, tourists can print out their tickets and go directly to Machu Picchu," said Cusco's Culture Director, Juan Julio Garcia Rivas.
  He added that the aim is to use the online payment system to book tours and other tourism services.
  
  
  "Soon we will launch an official invitation to add quality cultural products to the system," said Garcia Rivas, "we will invite the Catholic Church to offer its tickets for the 'religious circuit' through the website."
  
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