Google – AFP, 13 March 2014
Lima —
Police detained four male tourists, two Australians and two Canadians, for
several hours after filming and taking nude photos at Peru's famed Machu
Picchu, local authorities said.
The culture
ministry has put up signs at the world-famous Inca site warning that people
taking their clothes off there is a "crime against culture" and would
lead to immediate expulsion from the area.
The latest
incidents came after Peru vowed to step up surveillance at its famous
historical sites to counter a growing trend of tourists taking nude photos,
including at Machu Picchu, and then posting them online.
The
Australians, 22 and 24, used a camcorder and the Canadians, both 20, used an
iPhone, police at a local police station told AFP.
It was not
immediately clear if the four men acted together, separately or individually.
Machu
Picchu, an Inca citadel from the 1400s, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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