POMPEII, Italy: The world-famous Pompeii archaeological park launched a every day restrict of 20,000 guests on Friday (Nov 15), the most recent Italian vacationer web site to take motion in opposition to overcrowding.
The “experimental” scheme will see guests to the UNESCO World Heritage Website required to purchase named tickets which, in the summertime, will probably be divided into morning and afternoon slots.
Gabriel Zuchtriegel, the director of Pompeii, informed AFP the measure was designed to higher handle crowd numbers, resulting in a extra “sustainable” development.
“The thought is to not shut Pompeii however to broaden Pompeii and higher handle the circulation,” he stated on the launch of the scheme on the historic web site close to Naples in southern Italy.
Final yr, greater than 4 million folks visited Pompeii, an historic Roman metropolis buried when Mount Vesuvius erupted practically 2,000 years in the past.
This yr is anticipated to beat this.
Some 3.84 million folks visited between January and October – together with a peak of greater than 36,000 on one Sunday when entry was free.
Zuchtriegel stated the numbers precipitated considerations about customer and workers security and concerning the safety of the distinctive web site, the place lots of the buildings – and even some our bodies of the estimated 3,000 victims – had been completely preserved after the eruption.
“We need to assure all guests a high-quality expertise. It mustn’t ever be mass tourism,” he stated.
