The world-famous open-air museum Pompeii in Italy is to introduce a maximum limit of 20,000 visitors per day.

The new rules mean that visitors must purchase personal tickets which, during the summer, will be divided into morning and afternoon slots.

Gabriel Zuchtriegel, the museum's director, says the measure is being introduced to better manage visitor numbers as they increase.

”The idea is not to close Pompeii but to expand Pompeii and better manage the flow,” he said at the launch of the rules at the historic site near Naples in southern Italy.

Last year, over four million people visited Pompeii, an ancient Roman city that was buried when Vesuvius erupted almost 2,000 years ago. The museum estimates that this year's visitor numbers will be even higher.

Source: TT-DI.SE