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As European cities continue to struggle with surging tourist numbers, Italian farmers have taken matters into their own hands.<\/p>\n

Locals have installed their own turnstiles across the Dolomites as influencers continue to flock to the mountain range in northeastern Italy.<\/p>\n

Carlo Zanella, president of the Alto Adige Alpine Club, told Fox News Digital that the turnstiles are “working.”<\/p>\n

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“The turnstiles were installed at the beginning of July by a farmer who owns the land where the path passes,” said Zenella.<\/p>\n

Located in Val Gardena on the Seceda, the turnstiles charge visitors<\/a> about $5 for access.<\/p>\n

Zanella shared the “big problem” that farmers are facing.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He said it’s about visitors “who go to the meadows to pass or have a picnic and ruin the grass<\/a> that the farmer has to cut to make hay.”<\/p>\n

The Dolomiti Superski area, spanning over 12 valleys, had 4 million winter visitors in the 2024 season, according to The Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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“I am against the influencers,” said Zanella, “because they almost always tell things that are not in events [related] to the locality and show the mountain differently from what it is. They are only interested in making money [through] advertising.”<\/p>\n

Photos of the mountain range shared on social media show daily lines of thousands of tourists.<\/a><\/p>\n

In the Province of Belluno, where the Dolomites are located, tourist arrivals increased 11% from 2019 to 2023, according to the\u00a0official tourism portal.<\/p>\n

“The first 11 months of 2024 show a stability in flows compared to the previous year,” the tourism portal notes.<\/p>\n

Zanella said local authorities have met about how to handle tourism issues, but no decision has been made yet.<\/p>\n

He believes the best way to reduce the flow of tourists is to highlight that “there are other even more beautiful places<\/a> to visit.”<\/p>\n

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Fox News Digital reached out to the Ufficio Informazioni e Accoglienza Turistica for comment.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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