The Italian island of Sardinia, the second largest within the Mediterranean Sea, is famend for having a number of the greatest seashores in Europe, from secluded spots to amenity-rich places excellent for households, making it in style with British vacationers. Nevertheless, it additionally has plenty of little-known guidelines.
A brand new rule signifies that vacationers on its waters could possibly be handed penalties starting from just below £200 to £1,160.
In accordance with the Tremendous Yacht Occasions, new guidelines have restricted in a single day stays in La Maddalena Park. Anchoring is now prohibited between 9pm and 8am for all leisure vessels together with these used for leases, leases, crusing faculties, diving and snorkelling.
In a single day stays have been restricted, with skippers solely in a position to make use of mooring buoys put in by the Park Authority – which act as a short lived floating anchor level. These usually are not appropriate for any boat longer than 15 metres.
Additionally restricted by this rule are leisure vessels owned by locals and companies whose authorized headquarters have been situated there for no less than 5 years. Solely underneath a maritime state concession – a contract between a non-public enterprise for a selected exercise – can the mooring of leisure vessels at buoy fields be owned by non-public entities.
Between 9.30am and 5pm, mooring buoys designated for passenger transport vessels can’t be used for any leisure boats, yachts or ships.
The brand new guidelines come after information that Italy was bringing in a number of measures to minimise the impression of vacationers on its shores. For instance, Sardinia has restricted the capability of holiday makers at Cala Sisine Seaside to 1,600 whereas solely 550 persons are allowed to go to Cala Mariolu Seaside a day, after paying a 86p payment.
Moreover, taking, holding, or promoting sand, pebbles, stones, or shells from the coast or sea can lead to hefty fines of as much as €3,000 (£2,500). Extra extreme penalties, together with jail time, may be imposed for theft of public belongings.
Environmental scientist Pierluigi Cocco careworn the impression of such actions in a BBC interview following the 2019 arrest of a French couple with 14 plastic bottles full of sand.
“Solely a fraction of the vacationers visiting Sardinia spend their time digging as much as 40kg of sand every,” he stated.
“However if you happen to multiply half that quantity occasions 5 % of the a million vacationers per yr, in a number of years that might contribute considerably to the discount of seashores.”
In June, a social media influencer from Dubai was fined over £1,500 for trespassing on the seaside of Spiaggia Rosa, well-known for its pink sand. The seaside was once extra pink, however because of rising ranges of tourism in Budelli the place guests started to steal the sand to promote it or hold it as a memento, the pink hue started to lighten. Consequently, the Italian authorities made it unlawful for any vacationer to entry the seaside in 1994 in an try to protect it.