A report 4 million folks visited the stays of the traditional Roman metropolis final summer time, prompting the choice to restrict vacationer numbers to twenty,000 a day and introduce personalised tickets.
The park is implementing the modifications in a bid to forestall overtourism and defend the world-famous stays of the Roman metropolis which was buried underneath ash and rock following the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD
Park director Gabriel Zuchtriegel mentioned guests to the primary archaeological website common greater than 15,000-20,000 every day, and the brand new every day restrict will forestall numbers from rising additional.
“We are engaged on quite a lot of tasks to alleviate human strain on the location, which might pose dangers each to guests and to such a singular and fragile heritage,” he mentioned.
On Friday, the park launched personalised tickets that embody every customer’s full identify. A most of 20,000 tickets will likely be launched every day, with totally different time slots allotted in the course of the peak summer time season.
The park administration can also be making an attempt to draw extra vacationers to different historic websites related to Pompeii with a free shuttle bus as a part of the “Great Pompeii” venture.
The websites embody Stabia, Torre Annunziata and Boscoreale.
”Measures for managing flows and safety and personalizing visits are a part of this technique,” defined Zuchtriegel.
”We intention for sluggish, sustainable, nice, non-mass tourism and above all widespread tourism all through the world across the UNESCO website, wealthy in cultural jewels to find.”
