Editing Cusco (section)

=== Tourism ===
Tourism has been the backbone to the Cusco economy since the early 2000s, bringing in more than 1.2&nbsp;million tourists per year.<ref name=":0">{{cite news |id={{ProQuest|741070699}} |title=PERU: New Cusco airport will help boost tourism |work=Oxford Analytica Daily Brief Service |date=10 August 2010 |url=https://dailybrief.oxan.com/Analysis/DB161871/PERU-New-Cusco-airport-will-help-boost-tourism |url-access=subscription }}</ref> In 2019, Cusco was the region that reached the highest number of tourists in Peru with more than 2.7 million tourists.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.perucamaras.org.pe/nt390.html#:~:text=Cusco%20fue%20la%20regi%C3%B3n%20que,y%20La%20Libertad%20con%20736%2C183. |title=Llegada de turistas aumentó 8,1% en el 2019 |access-date=17 March 2024 |archive-date=6 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240506053348/https://www.perucamaras.org.pe/nt390.html#:~:text=Cusco%20fue%20la%20regi%C3%B3n%20que,y%20La%20Libertad%20con%20736%2C183. |url-status=live }}</ref>  In 2002, the income Cusco received from tourism was US$837&nbsp;million. In 2009, that number increased to US$2.47&nbsp;billion. {{Citation needed|date=February 2017}} Most tourists visiting the city are there to tour the city and the Incan Ruins, especially the top destination, [[Machu Picchu]], which is one of the New Seven Modern Wonders of the World.

In order to keep up with tourist demand, the city is constructing a new airport in [[Chinchero District|Chinchero]] known as [[Chinchero International Airport]]. Its main purpose is for tourists to bypass lay overs through Lima and connect the city to Europe and North America. It will replace the old airport, [[Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport]].