A Dubai-based influencer has been fined €1,800 (£1,500) after trespassing on an off-limits Italian pink-tinged beach. The influencer arrived at the Spiaggia Rosa, in Sardinia, by dinghy and was caught by authorities after posting videos about visiting the beach. The beach, which is famous for its pink sand, is located on the tiny Sardinian island of Budelli.
The woman, originally from Brazil but living in Dubai, ignored prohibition signs, according to the Italian press, and uploaded a video to the @Rogeriaguiadubai Instagram account, which has over 35,000 followers. The account was made private on Saturday June 15. Officers from the coastguard for La Maddalena archipelago, which includes Budelli, probed the footage and traced the woman to Dubai.
Officers have since notified her of the €1,800 (£1,500) fine, of which €300 (£253.57) is for flouting the ban and €1,500 (£1,267.85) is for arriving onboard a boat that did not have access authorisation for Budelli.
The video showed the influencer judging the beach of the La Maddalena Archipelago National Park to be "wonderful", before a clip showed footprints in the sand. Spiaggia Rosa's pink sand is formed by a crushed fossils, crystals, coral and dead marine animals, which combine to form a tint in the sand. The beach previously used to be more pink, however, due to rising levels of tourism in Budelli where visitors began to steal the pink sand to sell it or keep it as a souvenir, the pink hue began to lighten.
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