Lots of visitors will certainly need to pay a lot for their keepsakes from Sardinia’s beautiful coastlines.
Italian media on Saturday stated custom-mades cops on the Mediterranean island released penalties of approximately 3,000 euros ($ 3,600) to 41 individuals that in current days attempted to leave the island with a total amount of 100 kilos (220 extra pounds) of sand, seashells, and also coastline rocks.
The LaPresse information firm stated in many cases visitors had actually placed the coastline booty up for sale online, feeding a growing, illegal market for such keepsakes, consisting of from posh playground along the Italian island” s Emerald green Shore.
Bags of sand, coverings, and also rocks were confiscated at Sardinia’s flight terminals and also ports in maintaining with a 2017 local legislation that developed penalties varying from 500 euros ($ 600) to 3,000 euros. The confiscated sand was restored by authorities to the coastlines when feasible.
The legislation intends to stop the collective impact of eliminating sand and also coverings by the countless visitors that group every year to the Mediterranean island, which is renowned for lengthy stretches of beautiful sandy coastlines.
