Italy's culture and tourism ministers have vowed to find and punish the tourist who was filmed carving his name and that of his apparent girlfriend into the wall of Rome's Colosseum.Italy's culture minister called the act "serious, undignified, and a sign of great incivility"Tourist numbers visiting Italy are reaching record highs
Culture Minister Gennaro Sangiuliano called the graffiti — "Ivan+Haley 23" — carved into the almost 2,000-year-old Flavian Amphitheatre "serious, undignified and a sign of great incivility".According to the Italian ANSA news agency, local police are investigating and the man risks a fine of at least 15,000 euros and a jail sentence of up to five years.
In 2014, a Russian tourist was fined 20,000 euros for engraving a big letter "K" on a wall of the Colosseum and given a summary judgement and a suspended four-year jail sentence.