The Dolomites are not an amusement park. The Alpine Club protests.

The Italian Alpine Club is protesting against the increasingly popular air taxi service in the Dolomites. Mountains are not amusement parks, the organization emphasizes, and is calling for regulations to curb this practice.

Crowds on the peaks, helicopter noise, and, above all, threats to the natural environment – ​​these are the consequences of the latest trend, cited by a club promoting mountain tourism. It demands regulation and restrictions on air travel.

As noted, sometimes groups of tourists come to the peaks just to take a selfie or shoot a video for social media.

The Alpine Club from the branch in the Italian region of Veneto reminded that the area of ​​​​such fragile and delicate mountains as the Dolomites is under UNESCO protection.

Club president Francesco Abbruscato , quoted by Ansa, recounted the account of two climbers who reached the summit of Torre Trieste , located at an altitude of over 2,400 meters above sea level. Then, a helicopter began circling overhead, and more than 20 people disembarked. The passengers then parachuted.

The organization warns that in recent years the Alps, and especially this mountain range, have become a destination for tourism that is far from sustainable due to the massive traffic of helicopters over protected areas.

The situation, as noted, is all the more worrying and poses a greater challenge for nature conservation because of the legislative vacuum that exists.

In a statement issued, the Alpine Club called for the development of regulations regarding flights in the mountains and their protection, both from an ecological and acoustic point of view.