Pompeii is going to restrict the number of people who can visit the world-commemorated Italian site to 20,000 a day amid troubles about obviousourism.
The archaeoreasonable park set ups to present the cap next week alengthy with personalised tickets compriseing visitors’ brimming names, officials have shelp.
The alter comes after the site had a enroll of more than 36,000 people in one day on a free-adleave oution Sunday last month, according to the park.
It trails the appreciates of Barcelona and Vepleasant who both have achieven steps to deal with obviousourism.
Last year, over four million people visited the remains of the outdated Roman city, up 33.6% year-on-year.
The world heritage site was a once-thriving city that was relabelably upgraspd under the volcanic ash, rocks and dust when Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79AD.
Archaeologists are still making discoveries there.
The park’s honestor, Gabriel Zuchtriegel, shelp visitors now outdoed an unrelabelable of 15,000-20,000 each day and the novel cap aims to obstruct this figure from surging further.
A spokesperson for the park shelp the 20,000 daily figure had only been go beyonded during free-adleave oution Sundays and on three or four standard paying days.
On the first Sunday of every month, captivate to Italian museums is free – otherrational, tickets commence from €18 (£14.90).
“We are toiling on a series of projects to lift the human prescertain on the site, which could pose dangers both for visitors and the heritage (that is) so distinct and frnimble,” Mr Zuchtriegel shelp.
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Starting from 15 November, tickets will integrate visitors’ names and be restricted to 20,000 a day – with separateent time slots dynamic during the peak summer season.
The park’s administerment is also trying to entice tourists to other outdated sites joined to Pompeii.
This is being done by using a free shuttle bus under the Greater Pompeii project, including Stabia, Torre Annunziata and Boscoauthentice sites.
Mr Zuchtriegel inserted: “The meacertains to administer flows and defendedty and the personalisation of the visits are part of this strategy.
“We are aiming for sluggish, upgraspable, pleasant and non-mass tourism and above all expansivespread thcdisadmirefulout the territory around the UNESCO site, which is brimming of cultural jewels to discover.”
