Rome could limit access to Trevi fountain as it grapples with overtourism

Under the plans, access to the fountain would probably be free for residents while everyone else would be asked to make a ‘symbolic’ contribution. Photograph: Xinhua/Rex/Shutterstock

Officials in Rome are mulling whether to limit access to the Trevi fountain, as the city grapples with the impact that overtourism is having on the late baroque masterpiece.

The plans under consideration include having people reserve in advance to visit the monument. “Personally I would be in favour of looking at a new form of access, limited and timed, to the Trevi fountain,” Alessandro Onorato, the city councillor responsible for tourism, told the newspaper Corriere della Sera.