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Reinhold Messner proposes timed bookings to spread visitors across the Dolomites
Mountaineer Reinhold Messner says the Alps are becoming overcrowded and their natural environment and local quality of life are at risk.
He is especially critical of day-trippers who visit popular spots for a photo and leave soon after.
Messner says these trips can cause traffic and environmental harm while bringing little business to local companies.
He also argues that social media is changing how people approach the mountains and that traditional mountaineering is declining.
His proposal is a digital system requiring visitors to book a time slot for particular mountain areas in advance.
If an area is full, visitors would be directed to another time or a less-visited place.
The plan aims to spread visitors across the Dolomites and the year, rather than reduce the total number of tourists.
The sources do not say whether or when the system will be adopted.
Reinhold Messner has proposed a digital booking system with timed entry slots to ease overcrowding in the Dolomites.
Visitors would reserve a set time to visit specific mountain areas, with fully booked regions directing them to other times or less-visited places.
Messner said the goal is to spread tourists across the Dolomites and throughout the year, not to reduce visitor numbers.
He warned that social-media-driven day trips to popular photo spots can cause traffic and environmental harm while bringing little income to local businesses.
- Who
- Reinhold Messner, the mountaineer, proposed the system.
- What
- A digital booking system would require visitors to reserve time slots for specific mountain areas.
- When
- Not stated
- Where
- The Dolomites and other Alpine mountain areas.
- Why
- Messner says it would ease overcrowding and distribute visitors more evenly, helping protect nature and local quality of life.
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Visitors would reserve a time slot for a specific mountain area under Messner's proposed system.
Visitors would be redirected to another time or a less-visited area.
- Proposal
- Digital booking system with reserved time slots
- Areas
- Specific mountain groups in the Dolomites
- Alternative
- Other time periods or less-visited areas
- Goal
- Spread visitors across the Dolomites and throughout the year
- Age
- Messner is 82, according to the articles
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What people are saying
Die Berge sind zu einer Konsumware geworden. Die Touristen müssen besser verteilt werden
Wir müssen für jeden Ort die richtige Anzahl an Touristen finden, ohne dass sich die Besucher gleichzeitig an denselben Stellen konzentrieren. Wir müssen die Menschen, die die Dolomiten lieben, über das gesamte Gebiet verteilen
Heute gehen junge Leute in Kletterhallen und trainieren an Kunststoffwänden. Aber das ist kein Alpinismus. Der Alpinismus stirbt meiner Meinung nach aus. Durch all diese berühmten Persönlichkeiten in den sozialen Netzwerken verändert sich die Art und Weise, wie man sich den Bergen nähert