Plitvice Lakes National Park spokesman Ognen Borcic said: "We will soon ban the entrance to the park in summer shoes, flip-flops, slippers, and sandals." Plitvice Lakes National Park became a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1979 and is situated in the mountainous karst area of central Croatia, near the border with Bosnia and Herzegovina. Authorities at Plitvice Lakes believe the majority of the accidents and deaths are due to an increase in the number of tourists who want to take evermore dramatic selfies. A Unesco World Heritage national park with over 1 million visitors a year is set to ban visitors from wearing jandals after a dramatic increase in extreme selfie-related deaths. The park has 16 lakes and several rivers and is said to have more than 1.1million visitors each year.

Source: New Zealand Herald July 13, 2016 21:00 UTC