About 200 of the tourists who were stranded at Peru's famous archaeological complex, Machu Picchu, have been evacuated from there due to protests that have rocked Peru for about 10 days.

The evacuation was carried out by train. The tourists were transported to the city of Piscakucho. There, however, a huge rock blocked the tracks and the tourists, most of them Europeans and North Americans, had to get off the train and walk two kilometers to board buses and be transported to the city of Cusco, which has an international airport.

The mayor of a village near Machu Picchu, Darwin Baca, said 5.000 tourists were stranded in the city of Cusco.

At least 622 tourists, of which 525 foreigners are still stranded on Machu Picchu. The train is the only means of return from there to the city of Cusco, but the line is blocked. The airport in Cusco resumed operations on Friday, and the evacuation of tourists began from there.

And those who remain at Machu Picchu will be flown by four army humanitarian flights from there to Cuzco.

Peru has been gripped by protests in which at least 19 people have died and 569 people have been injured. They erupted after the impeachment and arrest of President Pedro Castillo on December 7.