Famous cliffs near French Étretat partly closed due to overtourism
In addition, it is also important for the safety of tourism that they no longer enter the vulnerable paths. Fatalities have already occurred regularly.
"Sometimes you have vegetation, but underneath it's fragile and people don't realize that," warns mayor Bernard Le Damany. "It's a recurring problem. So bad that two rescue operations have been necessary in the past few weeks, just two days apart."
Anyone who does enter the forbidden walking paths risks a fine of 135 euros. The costs for a rescue operation will also be borne by the victim himself. And they are high: a rescue operation by the fire brigade costs around a thousand euros per hour. Anyone who needs a helicopter has to pay around three thousand euros per hour.
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