Cesar Medina, the top of Machu Picchu archaeological park, advised AFP that officers have been going to rent extra guards and set up extra surveillance cameras.
He mentioned there was nothing in native legal guidelines barring individuals from spreading human ashes in public.
However it will now be barred at Machu Picchu for well being causes, Medina mentioned.
Categorised as a UNESCO World Heritage web site, the location welcomes a mean of 5,600 guests a day however till now had solely 4 cameras and a small group of safety guards.
The traditional citadel, constructed within the fifteenth century by Incan emperor Pachacuti, sits at an altitude of two,438m within the Peruvian Andes.
