Q13. The 'pounding feet of the tourists' strongly juxtaposes the 'city's fragile stones', characterising the damage caused by tourists in comparison to the frailer nature of the ancient city of Machu Picchu.
Q14. The author is communicating that an organisation, WMF is trying to develop more policies and campaigns to allow tourists to practice sustainable tourism, with the preservation of sites under threat like Machu Picchu in mind.
I think that it would be Unplugging the computer, because you are either a. you are doing something that would effect the computer or b. because you are being more active