WARRNAMBOOL'S accommodation industry association has called for stricter controls on tourists who take advantage of free overnight parking in the city.Visitors in campervans often park at prominent venues including the breakwater, McGennan car park, Flagstaff Hill, Lake Pertobe, the Flume, the Blue Hole and Payne Reserve at Dennington. Then they leave the next morning headed to their next free overnight stop.Some have also snuck into caravan parks under the cover of darkness and used amenities before driving off without paying.Tourism association president Bev Burns said the city council should display `no camping' signs at public car parks."We would like to see penalties for camping infringements," she said.Under local laws it is illegal to stay overnight in an area not officially designated for camping. There is a $200 penalty for breaches. Self-contained motorhomes are not exempt. Warrnambool's health and local laws manager Murray Murfett said city council officers would patrol popular overnight stops in the next two weeks."We want to monitor the use of stopover areas to quantify the level of occurrence," he said.However, he said he doubted if the city council would want a proliferation of `no camping' signs in prominent tourist spots and would be reluctant to fine every person staying overnight in a public car park."I'm sure Warrnambool would not want a reputation of deterring tourists," he said.Figtree Holiday Village owner-operator Diane Parker said freeloader tourists were enjoying holidays at the expense of local business operators."There is no guarantee that when they stay in a town for free they will spend any money locally," she said."Why have caravan parks if you allow visitors to park anywhere?" Mrs Parker, who is also on the tourism association's executive committee, said park operators feared the problem would become worse without stricter guidelines.