Easter Island where is it

How come the Easter Island is called "Easter"?

Immediately recognisable on Easter Island (887 of them), named Easter Island moon, have confused and intrigued discoverers, expert and ordinary people since the discovery of the Netherlands by Jacob Roggeveen in 1722. Mr. Roggeveen is the name of Easter Island. Him and his team anchored on Easter Sunday.

Today's residents of Isla de Pascua (Spanish for "Easter Island") call it Rape Nui, a word whose origins refer to the village's grief. It seems that the slave traders kidnapped the islanders and somehow mistook them for another island called it. Despite the splendour of the mai, the biography of man on the island of Rafa Nui has been dark for hundreds of years.

Naturally, these circumstances only make the statue's presence more mysterious. Studies show two possible nicknames that the island was named before coming into touch with Europeans. In this context, the surprisingly heathen origins of the term Easter should be mentioned.

The Easter Island limits the number of nights a tourist can be there.

The Easter Island, home of the mystical Moai statue, reduces the number of nights a tourist can spend on the island from 90 to 30 nights. It was decided to mitigate the adverse effects of tourist activities on the small island. The last 2017 survey reported 7,750 inhabitants on Easter Island, a number almost twice as high as 20 years ago, before the island was affected by a strong rise in tourist activity and its ensuing evolution.

"Aliens are already taking over the island. This verdict, which will be enforced from Wednesday 1 August, will also apply to Chilean citizens who are not part of the island's tribal community, the Rapa Nui.

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