Vacationers hoping to go to one in every of Sardinia's most lovely seashores will quickly have to guide forward by a cell app.
Tuerredda, a spectacular crescent-shaped bay with golden sand and turquoise waters, already limits guests to 1,100 per day throughout summer season months.
The native Teulada council now plans to implement a reserving system by way of an app.
"We hope to start out with the brand new system as early as July," Angelo Milia, the mayor of Teulada, instructed native media.
The Sardinian authorities have been implementing customer restrictions at Tuerredda since 2020, together with bans on disposable plastic baggage and smoking on the seashore.
Guests are additionally prohibited from eradicating sand or pebbles from the positioning.
This method is a part of Italy's wider battle with overtourism, because the nation welcomes round 50 million vacationers yearly.
Native councils are taking more and more aggressive approaches to manage customer numbers because the nationwide authorities has been gradual to undertake deterrent measures.
Final week, leaders from 25 vacationer cities throughout Italy gathered for a disaster summit in Amalfi to deal with overtourism issues.
The Sicilian city of Taormina has seen a surge in guests following its look within the TV sequence White Lotus.
The mayors are looking for higher flexibility to limit vacationer entry throughout peak durations.
In addition they need extra management over public transport coordination and the flexibility to impose native taxes.
Paolo Falco, the mayor of Capri, is demanding extra management over vacationer arrivals, notably day-trippers who flood the island every summer season. He has advised an hourly restrict on ferries.
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"It’s important that our municipality has a say within the hourly timetable of maritime connections, at the moment established solely on the regional stage," he stated.
Final yr, Anacapri's mayor proposed putting 40 buoys offshore to stop boats from clogging Capri's well-known Blue Grotto.
Capri hosted 16,000 overseas guests in Might and June final yr, in comparison with simply 13,000 residents.
Talking after the Amalfi summit, Michele Cereghini, mayor of Pinzolo within the Italian Alps, emphasised the fragile stability being sought.
"We’re effectively conscious of the worth and significance of tourism for the expansion of our areas, however we’re equally conscious of the necessity to assure the well-being of our residents," he stated. "It’s the idea of high quality tourism that we need to assure and protect."