Tourists are limited in ancient Pompeii

Pompeii is limiting the number of visitors to the site to 20,000 a day, starting next week, Italian officials have announced, in an effort to deal with overcrowding and protect the World Heritage site. introduces the new

The Guardian wrote that this summer, an unprecedented number of four million people visited the ruins of this ancient Roman city, which was buried under ash and stones after the eruption of the Vesuvius volcano in 79 AD.

Archaeologists have learned a lot about the people of this Roman city since the excavation of Pompeii began in this city a few hundred years ago. Among this information, it can be mentioned that the inhabitants of “Pompeii” were relatively rich. Based on the remains discovered during previous excavations, it can be concluded that the people of this city attached importance to art and architecture.

The director of Pompeii Archaeological Park announced that the daily number of visitors to this place has reached 15,000 to 20,000 people, and with the restriction that will be applied, this number will be prevented from increasing.

Tickets will be personalized from November 15 and include the full names of visitors and will be offered to up to 20,000 people per day, with specific time slots during the summer.

The administrators of this archaeological park are trying to encourage tourists to visit other ancient sites related to Pompeii, including Oplontis, Stabiae, and Boscoreale, by offering a free bus in line with the Great Pompeii Project. to visit

Starting in April, Venice became the world’s first major tourist city to charge people to enter the city in an experiment aimed at discouraging day-trippers.

The ruins of “Pompeii” were discovered in the 16th century and the first excavations in this place began in 1748. Pompeii is the second most visited archaeological site in the world.