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STORY: Four Australian women were injured by a land slide on Monday as they hiked along a panoramic road above the Ligurian coast in Italy.

Two of the tourists are seriously injured and are being treated in hospital in Genoa and La Spezia.

Video released by the Italian fire brigade on Tuesday showed one of the injured tourists wrapped in a gold space blanket before being winched up to a helicopter.

One of the women was knocked off the Via dell Amore (Road of Love) and down a precipitous cliff.

Italian authorities have now closed the popular walkers path as inspections are carried out at the site.