Italy has had enough with ill-prepared hikers. Cinque Terre, famous for its colorful village and coastal views, is imposing a fine on tourists caught hiking the rugged paths that connect the five villages that make the region up in flip-flops.
Patrizio Scarpellini, head of the Cinque Terre National Park, told The Telegraph, “The problem is that people come here thinking they are at the seaside, but the paths above the villages are like mountain trails.”
