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Venice, Italy, is dealing with an overtourism crisis. Tourists enter Venice, Italy. Luca Bruno/AP. In 2024, Venice has welcomed as many as 75,000 tourists per day, BI previously reported. Venice's ...
Venice has also taken measures to address overtourism, which has filled its tiny, historic streets with huge crowds and made the city barely livable, locals say. Last year, Venice announced it ...
The beach reopened in January 2022 and again on 1 October 2024 after a two-month closure but swimming in the bay remains banned to protect the restored coral and black-tipped reef shark population.
English: Representation of overtourism in Venice. The graph highlights the proportion between the number of residents and the number of tourist arrivals every five years from 2008 until 2023. The graph focuses only on the Historic Center and the Estuary area, excluding Mainland (Mestre).
From tourist taxes to caps, here are the holiday hotspots taking measures to bring down escalating visitor numbers
Crowds at the Trevi Fountain in Rome. Overtourism is congestion or overcrowding from an excess of tourists, resulting in conflicts with locals.The World Tourism Organization defines overtourism as "the impact of tourism on a destination, or parts thereof, that excessively influences perceived quality of life of citizens and/or quality of visitor experiences in a negative way".
VENICE, ITALY - AUGUST 02: Tourists are crowded near a canal near St. Mark's Square on August 02, 2023 in Venice, Italy. UNESCO officials have included Venice and its lagoon to the list of world ...
A post-pandemic travel surge has inundated destinations with visitors at the height of summer. Here’s what you need to know enjoy crowd-free vacations in 2024.