Building of Chinchero airport creates a risk of mass tourism on the Machu Picchu

Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 30 January 2017 at 10:22:19 UTC
Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 29 July 2019 at 14:57:39 UTC
Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 31 July 2019 at 10:22:38 UTC
Author(s): Sentinel Vision team, VisioTerra, France - svp@visioterra.fr
Keyword(s): Land, urban planning, infrastructures, agriculture, tourism, UNESCO World Heritage, Peru
Fig. 1 - S1 (30.01.2017) - vv,vh,ndi(vh,vv) - An international airport is being built in a 3700m high town of Chinchero, Peru.
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Fig. 2 - Chinchero before the first stone was laid the 03.02.2017 and now.
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Fig. 3 - S2 (09.07.2016) - 4,3,2 natural colour - Lying between Cuzco & the 600 years old Machu Picchu, it will shorten trips to the latter.
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Fig. 4 - 29.07.2019 - The prehispanic town is being transformed by skyrocketing prices that go along huge tourism investments
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Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024, processed by VisioTerra.
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