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Peru's most famous archaeological site, Machu Picchu, has formally reopened after it was closed for two months. 秘鲁最著名的考古遗址,马丘比丘,在关闭两个月之后,日前正式对外开放。 Machu Picchu reopens Hundreds of tourists, including US actress Susan Sarandon, took the train to the 15th-Century Inca(印加人) ruin - the most-visited site in Latin America. Heavy rains and landslides1 at the end of January cut rail access to the site, trapping some 4,000 tourists. Peru had lost some $200m (£131m) in revenue(税收,收益) because of the closure, Peru's tourism minister told the BBC. The damaged railway line linking the citadel2(城堡) to the rest of Peru was repaired with an urgency rarely seen before, the BBC's Dan Collyns in Peru says. For all its other tourist attractions, Peru has had a tough lesson in just how central Machu Picchu is to its tourist industry, our correspondent says. "This incident with the train to Machu Picchu has definitely had an impact on us… I would say our sales have been reduced by 50%," said Bernard Schleien, director of the Latin America For Less travel agency. Some 90% of Peru's tourist revenue comes from the Cuzco region, where Machu Picchu's two-month closure meant the loss of about 60,000 tourists. The local chamber3 of commerce says more than half the population of the regional capital, Cuzco, works directly or indirectly4 in tourism. The reopening of Machu Picchu is hugely important, not just for Peru's economy, but also its image abroad, our correspondent says. 点击收听单词发音
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