![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/popular-brit-holiday-attraction-announces-major-rule-changes-as-they-slash-number-of-visitors/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/newspress-collage-23317085-1691054744671.jpg&description=HOLS BLOW Popular Brit holiday attraction announces major rule changes as they slash number of visitors A BRIT holiday hotspot has announced a major rule change as they slash the number of visitors allowed at a popular attraction. Greece has planned hourly caps on a famous historical landmark in a bid to reduce overcrowding. 1 Visits to the Acropolis of Athens will be capped from next month Credit: Getty Visits to the Acropolis of Athens, one of Greece's most popular archaeological sites will be capped from next month at a maximum of 20,000 tourists daily, the Greek government said on Wednesday. Up to 23,000 people have been squeezing into the ancient monument, according to Culture Minister Lina Mendoni, who said the measures were being put in place to prevent excessive crowding. 'That's a huge number,' Mendoni told a local radio network. 'Obviously tourism is desirable for the country, for all of us. But we must work out how excessive tourism won't harm the monument". The new caps will be put in place on a trial basis from September 4 and will come into permanent effect from April 1, 2024, the minister added. Although there will be no planned limits on how long the visits last, Mendoni said that travellers who come with organised tours account for around 50 per cent of the daily visitor count and spend an average of 45 minutes at the site. Different numbers of visitors will be allowed in hourly during the site's 8am to 8pm opening hours. But the new measures will see 3,000 people granted access from 8am to 9am, 2,000 during the following hour, with the numbers varying during the rest of the day. 'The measure will address the need to protect the monument, which is the main thing for us, as well as [improving] visitors' experience of the site,' Mendoni said. Similar restrictions will also be put in place for other popular archaeological sites across the country after more than three million tourists were recorded to have visited the Acropolis last year. Greek authori){kind=link}
A BRIT holiday hotspot has announced a major rule change as they slash the number of visitors allowed at a popular attraction.
Greece has planned hourly caps on a famous historical landmark in a bid to reduce overcrowding.
Visits to the Acropolis of Athens, one of Greece’s most popular archaeological sites will be capped from next month at a maximum of 20,000 tourists daily, the Greek government said on Wednesday.
Up to 23,000 people have been squeezing into the ancient monument, according to Culture Minister Lina Mendoni, who said the measures were being put in place to prevent excessive crowding.
“That’s a huge number,” Mendoni told a local radio network.