If you're planning a trip to Italy for the summer holidays, then you're going to want to pack a few extra cover-ups in your suitcase.
Hotspot Sorrento has announced a ban on bikinis with fines of up to €500 (approximately £425) for tourists who break the rules. It's not just bikini-wearers; the rules also apply to visitors who walk around the town topless.
Still, it's not all bad news.
The silver lining is that you're not going to get fined if you're sitting poolside or hanging out at a beach club. That's because the new measures apply when people are out and about, whether walking around the shops or heading to a restaurant.
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Sorrento's mayor Massimo Coppola has announced the latest crackdown, claiming that skimpily clad holidaymakers are making the locals feel 'discomfort and unease', reports the Times.
He added that those walking around in bikinis or topless were "seen by the majority of people as contrary to decorum and to the decency that characterises civilised cohabitation”.
Sorrento isn't the only holiday destination to be cracking down on swimwear.
In Barcelona and Majorca, people can only wear bikinis on the beach, with fines up to £260 in Barcelona, and up to £500 in Majorca for those who don't abide by the regulations. Like Sorrento, this also applies to men walking around topless.
Majorca's most popular party resorts are also being warned they won't be allowed in if wearing football shirts or glow-in-the-dark hat, in a crackdown against "drunken tourism".
A group of restaurants in the resort have clubbed together to impose a new dress code which all tourists will have to follow or they will be refused access.
The clothing banned includes tank tops without straps, swimming trunks, swimsuits, any accessories purchased from street vendors, such as gold chains or glow-in-the-dark hats, and football strips.
The ban applies to 11 restaurants, all associated with the Palma Beach brand.
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