{"id":22122,"date":"2018-11-16T19:22:52","date_gmt":"2018-11-16T19:22:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=22122"},"modified":"2018-11-16T19:22:52","modified_gmt":"2018-11-16T19:22:52","slug":"rome-issues-new-laws-to-tackle-unruly-tourism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=22122","title":{"rendered":"Rome issues new laws to tackle unruly tourism"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n(CNN) \u2014 <\/cite>If you were planning to spend your next trip to Rome<\/a>, Italy, drinking on the street while dressed as a centurion, think again.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n

New laws have been passed by the city’s council to fine these costumed “gladiators” up to \u20ac400 euros (about $450) if they’re caught posing for photos with tourists in exchange for cash.<\/span><\/p>\n

Street drinking, organizing pub crawls and taking a dip in the city’s fountains are also on the banned list.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Crackdown on alcohol<\/h3>\n

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\"Rome-Centurion\"<\/div>\n

This familiar Roman sight might soon be a thing of the past.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Temporary measures banning street drinking are also now permanent. Anyone caught swigging from a glass container on public streets after 10 p.m. can expect to be reprimanded or fined. <\/span><\/p>\n

Bars and clubs must also cease serving alcohol from 2 a.m. until 7 a.m.<\/span><\/p>\n

The new laws allow police officers to impose fines and even ban people from a certain area for up to 48 hours. Repeat offenders can be banned for up to 60 days.<\/span><\/p>\n

The city council says the new rules are there “to deal with many aspects of city life, with particular attention on respecting the artistic and cultural heritage of the capital.”<\/span><\/p>\n

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“Respecting the artistic and cultural heritage”<\/h3>\n

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Overtourism has become a buzzword in Rome — and across the world<\/a> — in recent years, with its famous fountains recently playing host to “selfie violence” and illegal bathing.<\/span><\/div>\n
In August, an altercation between two tourists who both tried to take the perfect Trevi Fountain selfie at the same time ended in a brawl.<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n

Legend has it that if visitors want to return to Rome one day, they should toss a coin over their left shoulder into the fountain’s water. <\/span><\/p>\n

The new law specifically says coin tossing is still on the approved list — but if tourists want to return to Rome in 2019, perhaps the most important requirement is that they’re on their best behavior. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(CNN) \u2014 If you were planning to spend your next trip to Rome, Italy, drinking on the street while dressed as a centurion, think again. New laws have been passed by the city’s council to fine these costumed “gladiators” up to \u20ac400 euros (about $450) if they’re caught posing for photos with tourists in exchange…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":22123,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world_news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22122","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22122"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22122\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/22123"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}