Peru’s tourism industry is best known for Machu Picchu, a wonder of the world, where adventurers go for a once-in-a-lifetime hike. But the porters who carry the industry on their backs are often abused and exploited. 

SHOW NOTES:

UNESCO site for Machu Picchu

Evolution Treks Peru website
Learn more about the Porters Law

"Making Machu Picchu, the Politics of Tourism in Twentieth-Century Peru" by Mark Rice
Fernando Ríos Correa obituary