While fewer visitors have been coming to the islands in recent years due to the pandemic, Lujano hopes that more people will come to take a walk on the floating islands for themselves. He told me that Puno's government still does not fully appreciate how vital the Uros and their islands are to the city's touristic draw. However, that may change soon: "They already have called us from Lima, saying that we're in the process of becoming an official wonder of the world," he said.
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