An Italian town is cracking down on tourists who wear bikinis in a bid to tackle 'indecency'. It comes after the mayor of Sorrento has announced plans to give out fines to those who break the rules.
The holiday hotspot has revealed their ban on bikinis which will see fines of up to €500 (approximately £425) for tourists who break the rules. The ban also applied to those who walk around Sorrento topless.
The Mirror reports that the ban does not apply when sitting by the pool or at a beach club. The new rules will be imposed when people are walking around the town, shops or heading to a restaurant.
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Sorrento's mayor Massimo Coppola has announced the latest crackdown, claiming that skimpily clad holidaymakers are making the locals feel 'discomfort and unease', reports the Times.
He added that those walking around in bikinis or topless were "seen by the majority of people as contrary to decorum and to the decency that characterises civilised cohabitation”.
Sorrento isn't the only holiday destination to be cracking down on swimwear. In Barcelona and Majorca, people can only wear bikinis on the beach, with fines up to £260 in Barcelona, and up to £500 in Majorca for those who don't abide by the regulations.
Like Sorrento, this also applies to men walking around topless. Majorca's most popular party resorts are also being warned they won't be allowed in if wearing football shirts or glow-in-the-dark hat, in a crackdown against "drunken tourism".
A group of restaurants in the resort have clubbed together to impose a new dress code which all tourists will have to follow or they will be refused access. The clothing banned includes tank tops without straps, swimming trunks, swimsuits, any accessories purchased from street vendors, such as gold chains or glow-in-the-dark hats, and football strips. The ban applies to 11 restaurants, all associated with the Palma Beach brand.
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