Want to visit this beautiful Italian beach? You'll need to book a spot on an app

Going to Europe and booking a sunlounger at the crowded beaches is not unheard of. But booking online to even get to the sand?

One beach in Italy wants to step up its crowd control, proposing an app that could be in place by July.

Visitor numbers at the crescent-shaped Tuerredda beach in Sardinia, with its bright white sand, have been capped at 1100 people per day since 2020.

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The mayor of Teulada, Angelo Milia, joined a crisis summit of 25 tourist towns in Amalfi last week. He told local media: "We hope to start with the new system as early as July".

The mayors of Capri, Positano, Cinque Terre, Courmayeur and Taormina met to discuss the growing problem of overtourism. The latter has seen a boom in tourist numbers after it appeared in the second season of TV show White Lotus.

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According to the UK Telegraph, the mayors wanted greater flexibility to restrict tourist access during busy periods, to impose taxes and to have more say in coordinating trains, ferries and other public transport.

There was general discontent at the Italian government's slow pace to manage overcrowding.

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This year, hoards of people were expected in the country for the Vatican's Jubilee Year celebrations, particularly in Rome.

In 2023, authorities in Venice introduced an entry fee for day-trippers on peak weekends between April and June in an attempt to deter visitors.

Venice also banned tour groups of more than 25 people, as well as loudspeakers as officials claimed that they cause both "confusion and disturbances".

This story was originally published by Stuff and has been reproduced here with permission.