Machu Picchu(马丘比丘，秘鲁著名印加遗址) has a reputation for being tough to visit. Head to the Taj Mahal(泰姬陵，印度著名古迹) or famous spots on the Great Wall of China, and you can secure(获得，弄到) tickets a few days ahead. But until recently the ticketing platform for Peru’s famed Inca ruins often showed the site fully booked for nearly six months. Although tourists can queue up for a shot at some of the 1,000 tickets sold daily at the foot of the mountain, many have simply gone elsewhere, says Juan Stoessel of Casa Andina, a hotel chain.(尽管游客可以在山脚排队争取每天发售的1000张门票中的一张，但许多人干脆去了别处，连锁酒店Casa Andina的胡安·斯托塞尔说。) “We constantly got calls from guests cancelling their reservations because they realised they couldn’t secure tickets.”
马丘比丘素来以“一票难求”著称。去泰姬陵或中国长城的著名景点，提前几天就能买到票。但直到不久前，秘鲁这处著名印加遗址的售票平台还常常显示未来近六个月的门票已售罄。尽管游客可以在山脚下排队，争取每天现场发售的1000张门票中的一张，但许多人干脆转去了别处，连锁酒店Casa Andina的胡安·斯托塞尔说。“我们不断接到客人取消预订的电话，因为他们发现自己买不到票。”
The monument’s fame is not the sole cause of this logjam(僵局，拥堵), according to an audit(审计) by the Peruvian comptroller(审计长，主计长)’s office. It concluded that between August 2024 and December 2025 tourism agencies exploited weaknesses in the official ticketing website to make more than 200,000 reservations.(报告认定，2024年8月至2025年12月间，旅行社利用官方售票网站的漏洞，进行了超过20万次预订。) Most were for tickets that they never ultimately bought.
根据秘鲁审计署的一份审计报告，这座遗迹的名气并非造成这一拥堵的唯一原因。报告认定，2024年8月至2025年12月间，旅行社利用官方售票网站的漏洞，进行了超过20万次预订。其中大多数预订的门票最终并未购买。
The government report did not speculate(推测，猜测) about the agencies’ motives, but many Peruvians see the workings(运作方式，活动) of a “mafia(黑手党，引申为秘密犯罪集团)”. Tourists who are blocked from buying tickets are more likely to fork out for access secured by third parties who are working in cahoots with corrupt officials, says Maycol Ugarte, who represents the national government in the district where the site lies.(被阻止购票的游客更可能花大价钱，从与腐败官员勾结的第三方手中获取入场资格，代表中央政府驻守遗址所在地区的迈科尔·乌加特说。) “They’re tarnish(玷污，损害（名声）)ing the image of Machu Picchu.” Some tourists, he says, end up paying $300 for entry, more than five times what it should cost.(他说，有些游客最终为入场支付300美元，是应有票价的五倍多。)
政府报告没有推测这些旅行社的动机，但许多秘鲁人认为这是“黑手党”在运作。代表中央政府驻守遗址所在地区的迈科尔·乌加特说，被阻止购票的游客更可能花大价钱，从与腐败官员勾结的第三方手中获取入场资格。“他们正在玷污马丘比丘的形象。”他说，有些游客最终为入场支付300美元，是应有票价的五倍多。