Uluru wants to ban climbing despite its major threat to tourism industry

Tourists and travellers might be forbidden from hiking to Uluru under the plans revealed yesterday by the heritage chiefs who want to guard the most famous landmark in the whole world.
Trekking through the red sandstone monolith, which is 1,135 foot high, has been banned by the Aboriginal group who inherited the land in 1985 and treated it as a sacred place.

The federal parks staff and the tribe manage and protect the area, which is also considered a Unesco World Heritage spot.

The 10-year management programme suggests the permanent banning of climbing the site, after the tourism department has managed to create other activities.

Several signs placed at Uluru, also called Ayers Rock, ask travellers not to climb, indicating that the place is sacred for Aborigines and giving warnings that the slippery and steep land might bring danger to them. There are over 30 people who have died while trekking through the Uluru, which is higher compared to the Eiffel Tower and its circumference is approximately 6 miles.

The government also reported that Uluru was no longer open during summer days.

"For visitor safety, cultural, and environmental reasons the director and the board (of the park] will work toward closure of the climb", according to the report.

It also emphasised that the environmental effect of climbers, including erosion along the way and the impact on wildlife, comes from waste being left behind.