Italian rescuers express fury at having to save day-trippers stranded on steep narrow footpaths (Image: Getty )
Italian officials are threatening to slap holidaymakers with penalties of up to £2,500 for walking along the beauty spot in sandals this summer. The crackdown is being launched as mountain rescuers express fury at having to save day-trippers stranded on steep narrow footpaths linking coastal villages in Liguria. Charges ranging from £50 could be levied on holidaymakers who ignore the warnings.
Tourists who walk along Cinque Terre coastal paths in flip flops could be fined (Image: Getty )
Patrizio Scarpellini, the head of the Cinque Terre national park, said: “The problem is that people come here thinking they are at the seaside, but the paths above the villages are like mountain trails.
“First we will introduce the information campaign, then we’ll start issuing fines.”
Volunteers from hiking group the Italian Alpine Club often lead rescue missions.
Last year they saved a German family who took a
