Three European tourists were expelled from Peru's Machu Picchu. Police said that they were expelled as part of the World Heritage Site, one of the most spectacular sightings in the city.
One of the three expelled tourists is German, one from Switzerland and the other from the Netherlands. Peruvian authorities said they were expelled on Tuesday.
Martin Flores, the country's police officer, said, "The three tourists opened their clothes and took pictures of their hip." He further said, "It is not allowed to do this at Machu Picchu, it is forbidden. As a result, they were expelled from there. But they were not arrested. '
Being nude in Machu Picchu makes Peru's authorities disrespectful. In June 2014, the Peruvian Culture Ministry banned nude photographs in Machu Picchu.
Machu Picchu was built in the year 1450. But after the centenary of the Inca civilization when it was attacked by Spain, it was abandoned. After hundreds of years of ignorance, in 1911 an American historian named Hiram Bingham brought it back to the world. Since then Machu Picchu has become an attractive tourist attraction for tourists.
It was declared in 1981 as a reserve historic area of Peru. UN agency UNESCO included it in the list of World Heritage Sites in 1983.