The world renowned australian rock formation Uluru introduces Saturday officially klatreforbud.
It has led to a massive influx of tourists to the national park Uluru-Kata Tjuta, in which Uluru is located, over the last few weeks.
the typing of the australian tv station ABC and the news agency Reuters.
Uluru, formerly known as Ayers Rock, is sacred to the local Anangu tribe, who for years has urged that you not climb the 348-metre high monolith.
But this call – which is also highlighted on the big signs at the entrance to the area around the rock – is currently being ignored by thousands of klatreinteresserede.
In the pictures and postings on social media, as ABC brings, one can see a long queue of people waiting to climb the deep red cliff.
– People from all over the world come over and climbs on the (Uluru, red.). They have no respect, says Rameth Thomas, who is a member of the Anangu tribe, to the BBC.
He adds that Uluru is “a very holy place. It is our church”.
A tourist who will not come forward with the name, said to the BBC that he can’t see the problem.
– It is hard to see what the meaning is. It is a rock. It is supposed, one must climb it, he notes.
In 2017, the authorities decided to ban climbing on the rock with the end of October in the year because of the spiritual importance for the indigenous people in the area.
the Same year climbed only 16 percent of visitors are tourists rock formation.
Over 400,000 tourists have visited the national park over the past 12 months.
Uluru-Kata Tjuta has been on the Unesco list of world heritage sites since 1987 and is considered by many to be a national symbol for Australia on an equal footing with Jørn Utzon’s opera house in Sydney.
Uluru is approximately 2.5 kilometres long, 1.5 kilometres wide and rises 348 metres above the surrounding plain.
