(TAN): The massive temples and pyramids of Teotihuacan, one of Mexico’s top tourist attractions and a UNESCO World Heritage Site, have reopened to visitors, after being closed for more than five months, to curb the spread of the coronavirus, reports said.
The main archaeological zone will be limited to 3,000 visitors per day. Temperature checks and masks are mandatory for going forward. Two local museums will remain closed.
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“I think it’s really important for the economy and for tourism that people can keep enjoying places like this,” Reuters quoted a Spanish tourist, who was one of the first visitors, as saying. The reopening is also welcome news for vendors like Maria de Lourdes Guerra, who has been selling souvenirs at the site for 40 years and said locals were desperate to get back to work.
Mexico has been hard hit by the global coronavirus pandemic, with nearly 650,000 total infections and almost 70,000 deaths confirmed to date by health authorities.
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Teotihuacan, located about 30 miles (50 km) northeast of Mexico City, was once the largest city in the Americas. Its native language is unknown, as is the city’s original name; it was given the name ‘Teotihuacan’ by the Aztecs some eight centuries after its collapse.
Experts say the metropolis of around 100,000 people grew rich between 100 BC and 550 AD owing to a vibrant economy that produced obsidian blades for knives and weapons, among other things.
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