{"id":16239,"date":"2016-10-30T16:00:29","date_gmt":"2016-10-30T21:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/?p=16239"},"modified":"2016-10-27T11:41:41","modified_gmt":"2016-10-27T16:41:41","slug":"independent-ie-safety-fears-as-ill-prepared-tourists-flock-to-norways-natural-wonders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/2016\/10\/30\/independent-ie-safety-fears-as-ill-prepared-tourists-flock-to-norways-natural-wonders\/","title":{"rendered":"(Independent IE) Safety fears as &#8216;ill-prepared tourists&#8217; flock to Norway&#8217;s natural wonders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>EXCERPT:<\/strong><br \/>\nFriluftsliv, an organisation for outdoor enthusiasts, has called for visitor limits to be imposed at popular beauty spots, including Preikestolen (Pulpit Rock) and Trolltunga (Troll&#8217;s tongue, pictured above), where an Australian student fell to her death last year, in a bid to protect them for future generations.<\/p>\n<p>The number of tourists trekking to Pulpit Rock is reported to have increased from 60,000 in 2009 to 300,000 this year, while visitors to Trolltunga have s<span class=\"text_exposed_show\">urged from 1,000 to 100,000 in just five years.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"text_exposed_show\">\n<p>&#8220;It is urgent that we now take measures to ensure that outdoor life is safeguarded,&#8221; Lasse Heimdal, the head of Friluftsliv, told NRK, a government-owned media outlet. &#8220;If the large loads might damage nature, the authorities are obliged to impose counter measures. Limiting access can be one of the measures.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Click Here to Read More&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.ie\/life\/travel\/travel-news\/safety-fears-as-illprepared-tourists-flock-to-norways-natural-wonders-35149195.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-16240\" src=\"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/trolltunga.jpg\" alt=\"trolltunga\" width=\"542\" height=\"334\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/trolltunga.jpg 555w, http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/trolltunga-300x185.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 542px) 100vw, 542px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EXCERPT: Friluftsliv, an organisation for outdoor enthusiasts, has called for visitor limits to be imposed at popular beauty spots, including Preikestolen (Pulpit Rock) and Trolltunga (Troll&#8217;s tongue, pictured above), where an Australian student fell to her death last year, in a bid to protect them for future generations. The number of tourists trekking to Pulpit [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16239","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16239"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16239\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16241,"href":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16239\/revisions\/16241"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}