Sorrento has signed up to the ‘Amalfi Charter’ to manage visitor numbers
Mayors are joining forces: a total of around twenty local authorities from tourist destinations across Italia have signed up to the initiative
The Municipality of Sorrento is set to sign up to the Amalfi Charter to tackle overtourism. This was announced by the newly elected mayor of Sorrento, Corrado Fattorusso, at a public meeting held in Sorrento, open to associations and industry representatives, to launch an institutional dialogue on one of the main challenges facing areas heavily reliant on tourism: managing visitor numbers, safeguarding residents’ quality of life and ensuring the safety of visitors.
In short, the mayors are joining forces to manage tourism and visitor numbers, in order to safeguard the quality of life in historic town centres. The project was launched a year ago on the initiative of the mayors of Amalfi, Daniele Milano, and Capri, Paolo Falco. Other municipalities – including some of Italy’s leading tourist destinations – have already joined the initiative. These include Arzachena (representing Porto Cervo), Cortina d’Ampezzo, Courmayeur, Pizolo-Madonna di Campiglio, Positano, Ischia, Ravello and Taormina.
The mayors of Amalfi and Capri also attended the meeting in Sorrento, sealing a commitment between the three local authorities to collaborate on a new approach to the organisation and management of tourist flows. As the mayor of Sorrento, Corrado Fattorusso, pointed out, emphasising that ‘collaboration between the Amalfi Coast, the Sorrento Peninsula and the island of Capri represents a natural step towards tackling shared challenges’. During his speech, the Mayor of Capri, Paolo Falco, highlighted the complexity of the day-to-day management of tourist flows affecting the island, emphasising the need to provide local councils with practical tools to intervene in the most critical situations. “The management of tourist arrivals can no longer be tackled with tools that are inadequate for the numbers affecting our communities every day,” stated Paolo Falco – “It is essential to develop a joint approach with the Campania Region and the Ministry of the Interior to ensure that mayors are granted adequate powers to guarantee security, public order and the protection of the quality of life in their areas. To this end, we will shortly be presenting an in-depth study on the phenomenon of arrivals, intended to form the technical basis for proposing new regulations grounded precisely in the principle of security.’
The mayor of Amalfi, Daniele Milano, who is the ANCI Campania delegate for tourism, looked back on the history of the Amalfi Charter, which was established in April 2025 by seven founding municipalities and is now endorsed by over twenty of Italy’s leading tourist destinations. The Charter is based on a pragmatic approach, focused on a few concrete objectives and constant dialogue with higher-level institutions. “Among the first results already achieved is a significant piece of legislation that allows tourist municipalities to recruit a greater number of municipal police officers, overcoming previous legal restrictions. This measure has already had a tangible impact in Amalfi, making it possible to provide night-time patrols until 4.00 am during August and September, thereby enhancing safety and quality of life,” concluded Milano.
