Changes in regulations on the European island. Tourists have to adapt
The popular European island makes demands. Tourists must adapt to new regulations this summer.
Tourists taking part in organized trips to Capri must prepare for new rules that will come into force this summer. A small Italian island visited by up to 50,000 people in the peak season. guests per day is fed up with the consequences of excessive tourism. Residents hope that the new regulations will allow for at least partial restoration of peace. The most important provisions included, among others: ban on the use of umbrellas and megaphones by guides.
Peace and quiet will be restored to Capri
From this summer, tour guides in Capri will no longer be able to speak to their groups using a megaphone. Tour operators will therefore be obliged to provide customers with headphones. The use of umbrellas, flags and other conspicuous props followed by tourists will also be prohibited. “Guides and group leaders can only carry a discreet placard,” writes Euronews.
The new rules in Capri also apply to the maximum number of participants on organized trips. Only groups of no more than forty people will be allowed to disembark on the island. This will help restore the long-awaited peace to Capri. The Italian island is inhabited by only 15,000 people, while in July and August it is visited daily by over three times as many. “This is an act of responsibility that reflects our vision of a more liveable island,” says Lorenzo Coppola, president of the Capri hoteliers’ association.
An island for everyone, not just for VIPs
Although many people associate Capri with luxury reserved for the rich, the new rules are intended to make sightseeing more enjoyable for “ordinary” tourists as well. This is what, among others, Gianluigi Lembo, owner of the famous Anema e Core tavern, where Jennifer Lopez, Mariah Carey and Leonardo DiCaprio partied. “Tourists? Everyone, but not all at once. I am not in favor of first- and second-class tourists, no one should be excluded,” he said in an interview with the Italian daily “Corriere del Mezzogiorno”.
Other ideas for relieving traffic include: introducing specific hours when you can go ashore.
