The picture on the two Japanese note that they posted on Facebook spread quickly around the world and became a big news, not least in Italy. The Antico Caffèdi Marte restaurant in Rome has now been fined SEK 55,000.

It was on a visit there that the two Japanese tourists wanted to enjoy some Italian food and each ordered pasta with fresh fish. The two tourists claim that they only drank water for this but got a shock when the bill came, at the equivalent of SEK 4,500.

This included a drink of 80 euros, ie about SEK 900, which the restaurant's waiters and owners claimed was mandatory. However, there is no such type of drinking and therefore the police came to visit the restaurant which had to be closed temporarily and fined € 5,000, just over SEK 50,000.

- The Japanese eat not only pasta but also vegetables and grilled fish. The fish is fresh and you weigh it, the price varies depending on the weight. And then they wanted to pay tips, says restaurant lawyer Carlo Scorza to Italian media.

Tougher grip on the scams

Antico Caffè di Marte is located in the central parts of Rome, near the Tiber and Castel Sant'Angelo, and has now been given a face to all the tourist traps of the city.

Fraud against visitors is everyday in Italy's beautiful capital, which last year attracted 15 million tourists. Pocket thieves, unreliable sellers and - not least - just restaurants that charge overpricing are a constant problem.

The whole of Italy has over 50 million visitors a year. At the same time as tourists have begun to be fined for behaving badly, many want to see a harder grip on those who blow the tourists, not least the foreign visitors who do not know the language, customs and laws.

- Tourism is fundamental to us and people should be treated with respect, not be deceived, says Rome's Mayor Virginia Raggi.