Tourist takes forbidden plunge at iconic landmark as visitors watch, stunned

A tourer visiting Rome drew outrage and choler connected societal media aft helium dove into the city’s celebrated Trevi Fountain.

The antheral was described by British media outlet The Telegraph arsenic a 30-year-old visitant from New Zealand. He was filmed jumping into the historical fountain portion afloat clothed arsenic crowds adjacent watched. 

A TikTok video of the incident, which has been viewed much than 12 cardinal times, showed the tourer walking backward earlier moving toward the fountain and past diving into the water.

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The antheral continued moving astir wrong the fountain adjacent arsenic constabulary ordered him to get out, according to the outlet.

Authorities reportedly fined him €500, oregon astir $580 — and banned him from returning to the site, the outlet noted.

Rome's famed Trevi Fountain is shown above. A tourer (not shown) drew disapproval online aft being caught connected video jumping afloat clothed the water. (Seyit Konyali/Anadolu via Getty Images)

The Trevi Fountain is 1 of Rome’s astir visited landmarks. It has endured repeated instances of tourists entering the h2o contempt strict rules and accrued information measures.

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The astir caller incidental rapidly sparked backlash online, with galore commenters criticizing the tourist’s behaviour arsenic disrespectful.

"Sorry, Italian bros. Some of america missed the respecting places lesson," 1 Reddit idiosyncratic wrote.

The Trevi Fountain is 1 of Rome’s astir visited landmarks. It has endured repeated instances of tourists entering the h2o contempt strict rules and accrued information measures. (Li Jing/Xinhua)

Another commenter added, "Obviously didn’t get the ‘when successful Rome bash arsenic the Romans do’ memo."

Others argued the punishment should person been much severe.

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"If I was the Italian authority, I would marque an illustration retired of this guy," 1 idiosyncratic commented.

The contention follows respective akin incidents astatine the Trevi Fountain successful caller years. 

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Fox News Digital antecedently reported that Rome precocious introduced caller restrictions and fees aimed astatine protecting the Trevi Fountain from overcrowding and repeated tourer incidents.

The incidental rapidly drew outrage online, with galore societal media users calling the tourist’s actions disrespectful. (iStock)

Beginning successful February 2026, overseas visitors person been required to wage a tiny introduction interest to entree the landmark arsenic metropolis officials effort to amended negociate crowds and sphere the historical site.

The Trevi Fountain attracts tens of thousands of visitors regular and much than 9 cardinal radical annually, according to Rome officials.

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City leaders antecedently said overcrowding astatine the fountain had go progressively hard to manage, peculiarly during highest tourism periods.

Ashley DiMella of Fox News Digital contributed reporting.