{"id":8779,"date":"2016-02-25T15:49:09","date_gmt":"2016-02-25T14:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/?p=8779"},"modified":"2016-04-29T08:01:19","modified_gmt":"2016-04-29T07:01:19","slug":"italy-will-limit-visitor-numbers-in-cinque-terre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/2016\/02\/italy-will-limit-visitor-numbers-in-cinque-terre\/","title":{"rendered":"Italy will limit visitor numbers in Cinque Terre"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8781\" src=\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/manarola-1092265_1280.jpg\" alt=\"manarola\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/manarola-1092265_1280.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/manarola-1092265_1280-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/manarola-1092265_1280-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/manarola-1092265_1280-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/>In an effort to stem the tide of tourists flooding the Cinque Terre, Italian officials are going to cap the number of visitors to the region, beginning this summer. These small villages on the Italian Riviera date back to the 14th century and were not designed with the infrastructure capable of handling today\u2019s mass tourism.<\/p>\n<p>The influx of visitors\u00a0is most damaging to the footpaths that connect each village, but the towns are also feeling the squeeze of the estimated 2.5 million tourists who visit the region each year.<\/p>\n<p>Around 15 years ago, the destination was a hole in the wall.\u00a0This year, the park will limit the number to just 1.5 million \u2013 which is still a large number.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read the full article: <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.travelpulse.com\/news\/destinations\/italy-will-limit-visitor-numbers-in-cinque-terre.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Italy Will Limit Visitor Numbers in Cinque Terre | TravelPulse<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/em>Read the r<a href=\"http:\/\/www.europarc.org\/news\/2016\/02\/cinque-terre-np-a-current-challenge-for-quality-tourism\/\" target=\"_blank\">eport on the Europarc website<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Around 15 years ago, the destination was a hole in the wall. 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