http://enperublog.com/2006/11/05/problems-with-inc-and-monopolistic-train-travel/ All you could ever want to know about Peru Sun, 26 Feb 2023 22:03:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://enperublog.com/2006/11/05/problems-with-inc-and-monopolistic-train-travel/comment-page-1/#comment-16927 Tue, 05 Jan 2010 23:36:38 +0000 http://enperublog.com/?p=320#comment-16927 […] 7th in protest at a new law that would allow private investment near cultural heritage sites. Trains to Machu Picchu, the spectacular Inca site which attracts more than 800,000 visitors a year, were […]

]]> http://enperublog.com/2006/11/05/problems-with-inc-and-monopolistic-train-travel/comment-page-1/#comment-11417 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:32:47 +0000 http://enperublog.com/?p=320#comment-11417 Peruvian people know that Perurail abuses about the prices for tourists.It’s true, we pay 20 soles the round trip… a good price for most of peruvian. And it’s true that the price for foreign people is too much expensive if we take into account the poor service on back packer (any service actually).
In fact, Perurail is a chilean society, who “won” the rights to exploit the train circuit (i think for 30 years), during Fujimori’s dictatorship. Unfortunally, even if we don’t agree with this abusive monopoly, we don’t have the choice. They give the worst image about Peru and peruvian enterprises… it’s a shame
This year i went to Machu Picchu, i paid 20 soles and my boyfriend (british) had to paid 80USD… completly unfaire..

]]> http://enperublog.com/2006/11/05/problems-with-inc-and-monopolistic-train-travel/comment-page-1/#comment-11416 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:32:08 +0000 http://enperublog.com/?p=320#comment-11416 Peruvian people know that Perurail abuses about the prices for tourists.It’s true, we pay 20 soles the round trip… a good price for most of peruvian. And it’s true that the price for foreign people is too much expensive if we take into account the poor service on back packer (any service actually).
In fact, Perurail is a chilean society, who “won” the rights to exploit the train circuit (i think for 30 years), during Fujimori’s dictatorship. Unfortunally, even if we don’t agree with this abusive monopoly, we don’t have the choice. They give the worst image about Peru and peruvian enterprises… it’s a shame
This year i went to Machu Picchu, i paid 20 soles and my boyfriend (british) had to paid 80USD… completly unfaire…

]]> http://enperublog.com/2006/11/05/problems-with-inc-and-monopolistic-train-travel/comment-page-1/#comment-31 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:49:55 +0000 http://enperublog.com/?p=320#comment-31 […] may have read my previous criticisms (1, 2) of the Instituto Nacional de Cultura Cusco (INC), and if those were not enough I have yet more […]

]]> http://enperublog.com/2006/11/05/problems-with-inc-and-monopolistic-train-travel/comment-page-1/#comment-18 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 05:02:14 +0000 http://enperublog.com/?p=320#comment-18 […] to the problems with the INC in Cusco not wanting to sell us the entrance tickets to Machu Picchu and us having to return from […]

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