The Lie
some years back, I travelled to Machu Picchu (multi-day hike/tenting, before the recent tourist streaking stupidity and the mass bus trips dumping tourists on the site daily)... back then it appeared there was little regulation and monitoring of the site by the Peru government; now it appears to have tightened up somewhat given the publicity over the nudity/streaking. As I experienced, it appeared to be a somewhat lucrative opportunity for locals to make much needed money. I expect there is some of this going on at Nazca as well... which is why I interpret some hesitation by the Peruvian government officials, at least to this point, to definitively tag particular damage to the recent GP event. But again, GP did cause some damage... which will eventually be assigned and valued in terms of repair/mitigation/costs, etc.!