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In the 1970s, there were about 175,000 residents in Centro Storico, the main island and historic center of Venice. In fact, there are now more tourist beds in Venice than there are residents. Last week, Venice took action on overtourism, introducing a 5€ fee to day trippers who want to access the city. "You can't impose an entrance fee to a city; all they're doing is transforming it into a theme park. Marco Bertorello | Afp | Getty ImagesDespite its many detractors, the day fee is a significant move on the part of Venice's government to confront the challenge of overtourism, which has become a significant global problem since the pandemic.
Persons: Stefano Mazzola, Luigi Brugnaro, Mark —, There's, Matteo Secchi, Marco Bertorello, Antonio Paolo Russo, Russo Organizations: Piazzale Roma, Getty, Venice, Centro Storico, Guardian, Tourists, Afp, Virgili University Locations: Piazzale, Venice, Italy, Centro, Piazzale Roma, Santa Lucia, Tarragona, Spain, Bali, Barcelona, Amsterdam, Europe
On its busiest days, Venice swells with tourists who clog the city’s narrow streets, leave behind piles of garbage and often frustrate locals. So the canal-crossed city is fighting back. All visitors to Venice will also have to register their presence in the city on the specified days, filling out an online form that will help officials gauge how many visitors to expect and strategize about how to handle them. “It’s not about making money — the costs of the operation are higher than what we’re going to make,” Mayor Luigi Brugnaro told reporters on Thursday as Venetian officials kicked off a global advertising campaign. Instead, said Michele Zuin, the city official in charge of budgeting and economics, the aim is “to better manage the numbers of tourists and disincentivize mass tourism, which is what creates, let’s say, the difficulty of living in this city.”
Persons: “ It’s, Luigi Brugnaro, Michele Zuin Organizations: Locations: Venice
The first set of dates on which the fee will be charged cover April to mid July, 2024. The program will be managed via an online platform which will produce QR code “tickets” confirming payment or exemption. Those visiting the city on business or short-term study are also exempt, but must register for a daily QR code. However, they too must book and receive a QR code for free. Not a magic money treeThe council has identified 29 peak days in the first half of 2024 to charge day-trippers.
Persons: we’ll, Stanley Tucci, you’re, It’ll, Luca Zanon, Riva degli Schiavoni, Where’s, Stefano Mazzola, Luigi Brugnaro, Brugnaro, Organizations: CNN, intel, UNESCO, , Piazzale Roma, Old, city’s Locations: Venice, Mestre, Murano, City
[1/2] Tourists walk during a new heatwave as temperatures are expected to reach 40 degrees Celsius in some cities, in Venice, Italy August 22, 2023. REUTERS/Manuel Silvestri/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsMILAN, Nov 23 (Reuters) - Venice will start testing a daily admission fee and cap on visitor access to its famous canals from next April, in what the Italian city's mayor hailed as the world's first such scheme. "It is the first time in the world that you do something like this, you make a city bookable," Mayor Luigi Brugnaro said. Potential sanctions will range from 50 to 310 euros will be imposed on those failing to comply with the measure. The trial is estimated to cost 3 million euros against proceeds for about 700,000 euros.
Persons: Manuel Silvestri, Luigi Brugnaro, Michele Zuin, Federico Maccioni, Keith Weir Organizations: REUTERS, Visitors, Thomson Locations: Venice, Italy, Italian, Murano
Rome and Milan, Italy CNN —A storm that brought heavy rain and violent winds to Northern Italy overnight and early Tuesday sent rapid floods through central Milan and caused Lake Como to breach its banks. The Seveso, a river that runs through the municipalities of Como, Monza e Brianza and Milan, also broke its banks, according to Italy’s civil protection agency. The city’s safety councilor, Marco Granelli, said the winds felled trees, tore down scaffolding and ripped off roof tiles. Two women at a flooded intersection in Milan after a violent storm hit the city on October 31, 2023. Strong winds blowing towards the north in the Adriatic Sea pushed water up into the city.
Persons: Marco Granelli, Vasile Mihai, Antonio, Eugenio Giani, Luigi Brugnaro, Brugnaro, MOSE, Emilia Romagna, Laura Paddison Organizations: Italy CNN, Monza, Getty Locations: Rome, Milan, Italy, Northern Italy, Como, Tuscany, Central Italy, Venice, Veneto, Italian, Emilia
CNN —Italian authorities were on Wednesday investigating the cause of a horrific bus crash near Venice that killed at least 21 people including two children. Claudia Greco/ReutersLocal police work at the site of the bus crash on Wednesday. A representative for the prosecutor’s office told CNN the head prosecutor for the Venice municipality, Bruno Cherchi, is leading the investigation into the incident in Mestre. The bus was traveling from Venice to nearby Marghera and was “full of people returning home from work,” Venice mayor Luigi Brugnaro told state media RAI. Emergency crew members work at the scene after a bus accident near Venice.
Persons: , Alberto Rizzotto, Claudia Greco, Mauro Lungo, Bruno Cherchi, Luigi Brugnaro, Stefano Mazzola, sevices, Brugnaro, Massimo Fiorese, Italy’s, , Giorgia Meloni, Emmanuel Macron, I’m, Charles Michel Organizations: CNN, ” RAI, Reuters Local, Sky TG24, RAI, Emergency, Facebook, della Sera, Reuters, Italian Senate, European Council Locations: Venice, Mestre, Italy, Marghera, ” Venice, Italian
VENICE (AP) — Firefighters worked until dawn Wednesday to remove the wreckage of a bus that crashed in a borough of Venice, Italy, across the lagoon from its historic center, killing 21 people and injuring at least 15, mostly foreign tourists returning to a nearby camping site. The shuttle was connecting Piazzale Roma, in Venice's historic center, to the Hu campground in Marghera, another borough of Venice neighbouring Mestre. He was an experienced driver, Venice city councilor Renato Boraso said. I carried a woman out on my shoulders, then a man,” Erheneden told the Venice daily il Gazzettino. In 2017, 16 people on a bus carrying Hungarian students died in an accident near the northern city of Verona.
Persons: — Firefighters, Michele Di Bari, Alberto Rizzotto, Renato Boraso, Erheneden, ” Erheneden, , , Luigi Brugnaro Organizations: VENICE, , Venice prefecture, Piazzale Roma, Venice Locations: Venice, Italy, Piazzale, Venice's, Marghera, Mestre, Italian, Verona, Avellino
At least 20 dead after Italian bus falls from Venice bridge
  + stars: | 2023-10-03 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
The Italian flag waves in front of The "Altare della Patria" also known as "Vittoriano" downtown Rome, Italy, March 23, 2016. REUTES/ Stefano Rellandini/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsROME, Oct 3 (Reuters) - At least 20 people died on Tuesday after a city bus carrying tourists to a campground crashed off an overpass near Venice in northern Italy and caught fire, the city's Mayor Luigi Brugnaro said. The bus veered off the road and fell close to railway lines in the district of Mestre, which is connected to Venice by a bridge. "There are at least 20 dead, but some people are still trapped in the wreckage," he later told Italian state television channel Rai News24. Italy has suffered a number of deadly bus crashes in recent years.
Persons: REUTES, Stefano Rellandini, Luigi Brugnaro, Brugnaro, ANSA, Giorgia Meloni, Emilio Parodi, Alvise Armellini, Gavin Jones, Crispian Balmer, Jonathan Oatis, Lisa Shumaker Organizations: Rights, Sky Italia, Rai, Thomson Locations: Rome, Italy, Venice, Mestre, Italian, Verona, Venice's prefecture
ROME (Reuters) - At least 20 people died on Tuesday after a coach crashed off an overpass near Venice in northern Italy, the city's mayor was quoted as saying by Italian newspaper la Repubblica. The coach veered off the road and fell close to railway lines in the district of Mestre, which is connected to Venice by a bridge, Italian news agencies and television reported, but the cause of the accident was still unclear. I am speechless," Mayor Luigi Brugnaro posted on X, formerly known as Twitter. Sky Italia reported that 18 bodies had so far been dragged from the wreckage after the coach caught fire, with numerous others injured. (Reporting by Gavin Jones; Editing by Jonathan Oatis and Lisa Shumaker)
Persons: Luigi Brugnaro, Gavin Jones, Jonathan Oatis, Lisa Shumaker Organizations: Repubblica, Sky Italia Locations: ROME, Venice, Italy, Italian, Mestre
ROME (AP) — A bus crashed near the Italian city of Venice after falling from an elevated street, killing at least 21 people and injuring others on Tuesday, authorities said. Venice prefect Michele Di Bari said that there were 15 survivors from the crash, which happened in Mestre, a suburb of Venice. Venice Mayor Luigi Brugnaro wrote on X, formerly Twitter, that the scene of the crash was “apocalyptic” and that he had already declared the “city's mourning" for the “numerous victims” who were on the bus. According to local media, the bus fell a few meters before crashing close to Mestre's railway tracks, where it caught fire. Premier Giorgia Meloni expressed her “deepest sorrow” after the crash.
Persons: Michele Di Bari, Luigi Brugnaro, , Giorgia Meloni Organizations: ROME, Venice Locations: Venice, Mestre
Firefighters work on the site of a bus accident on October 3, 2023 in Mestre, near Venice. A bus carrying foreign tourists including Ukrainians crashed near the Italian city of Venice when it fell from an elevated street Tuesday, killing at least 21 people and injuring 18 others, authorities said. Four of the injured were in serious condition following the accident in the Mestre borough, on the mainland opposite the historic old city of Venice, said Renato Boraso, a Venice city official. Boraso confirmed that some of the victims are Ukrainians, and said the bus was bringing tourists to a camping site. According to local media, the bus fell a few meters before crashing close to Mestre's railway tracks, where it caught fire.
Persons: Renato Boraso, Michele Di Bari, Boraso, Luigi Brugnaro, Giorgia Meloni Organizations: Venice Locations: Mestre, Venice
VENICE, Italy, Oct 3 (Reuters) - At least 21 people died on Tuesday and 18 were injured after a bus carrying tourists to a campground crashed off an overpass near Venice in northern Italy and caught fire, city officials said. Venice city councillor Renato Boraso said one line of enquiry was that the driver, a 40-year-old Italian who was among those killed, had been taken ill before the crash. He said the coach had been carrying 40 passengers, of whom 21 had died and 18 were injured. Venice's city hall said the injured people had been taken to nearby hospitals, with four in a serious condition. The bus was also carrying passengers from France and Croatia, Italian news agency ANSA reported.
Persons: Renato Boraso, Boraso, Luigi Brugnaro, Manuel Silvestri, Michele Di Bari, ANSA, Di Bari, Giorgia Meloni, Emilio Parodi, Gavin Jones, Keith Weir, Alvise, Crispian Balmer, Lisa Shumaker, Rosalba O'Brien Organizations: Sky Italia, Rescue, REUTERS, Thomson Locations: VENICE, Italy, Venice, Mestre, Venice's, France, Croatia, Verona
Rome, Italy CNN —The Italian city of Venice and its lagoon were not listed on UNESCO’s World Heritage in Danger list during a meeting of the UN agency in Saudi Arabia on Thursday, according to Italy’s culture ministry. The UNESCO World Heritage Committee had warned in July that Italy was not doing enough to protect the city from the threat of overtourism, development and climate change. It had recommended that it be added to its heritage in danger list. Recently, as part of its strategy to control tourism, the city adopted an entrance fee of €5 for day-trippers starting next spring. After the decision, the World Heritage Committee said Venice still faces major challenges and asked Italy to continue to protect it.
Persons: Italy CNN —, , Luigi Brugnaro, Andrea Pattaro Organizations: Italy CNN, UN, UNESCO World Heritage, UNESCO, Victory, UNESCO …, Getty, World Heritage Committee Locations: Rome, Italy, Venice, Saudi Arabia, UNESCO … Venice, AFP
Rome, Italy CNN —The Italian city of Venice and its lagoon were not listed on UNESCO’s World Heritage in Danger list during a meeting of the UN agency in Saudi Arabia on Thursday, according to Italy’s culture ministry. The UNESCO World Heritage Committee had warned earlier in July that Italy was not doing enough to protect the city from the threat of overtourism, development and climate change. It recommended that it be added to its heritage danger list. After the decision not to list the city on its “in danger” list, the World Heritage Committee noted that the site still faces major challenges and asked Italy to continue to protect the site. The World Heritage Committee is expected to start discussions on Saturday about which sites to add to its renowned World Heritage List.
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Venice will not be included on UNESCO’s list of “World Heritage in Danger” after a panel voted on Thursday to reject the recommendation of experts at the agency who had raised concerns that Italy had not done enough to protect the fragile city, which is threatened by climate change, mass tourism and development. Still, representatives of countries upholding the World Heritage Convention, which seeks to protect and preserve cultural sites, said in a statement that “further progress still needs to be made” to properly conserve Venice. During a debate on Thursday afternoon at a World Heritage Committee session in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, several delegates said Italy should host a new advisory mission in Venice in the coming months to monitor the efficacy of the measures that Italy has taken so far and to make suggestions. “Venice is not at risk,” Mayor Luigi Brugnaro wrote on social media Thursday evening, describing the result as a “great victory.” Posting on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, he added: “The world has understood all the work we have done to save our city.”Italy was warned in July that Venice, a World Heritage Site since 1987, was being considered for UNESCO’s “in danger” list, even though the state and city have made significant changes to try to protect Venice.
Persons: Luigi Brugnaro Organizations: World Heritage Convention, Heritage, Twitter Locations: Venice, Italy, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, ” Italy
Venice's city council on Tuesday approved a long-awaited regulation to tax day visitors 5 euros ($5.38) to visit the city. Overnight travelers are exempt, though they're subject to a separate tourist tax implemented in 2011. Why is Venice taxing day visitors? The new tax is an attempt to "protect the city from mass tourism," Luigi Brugnaro, Venice's mayor, posted on X, formerly known as Twitter. The city of Venice currently fines visitors who eat or drink on the ground, sit on monuments and bridges, or swim in its canals, according to the city's website.
Persons: Luigi Brugnaro, overtourism, Tatyana Tsukanova, Tsukanova, Miguel Medina Organizations: EHL Hospitality Business School, Venice, Afp, Getty Locations: Venice's, Venice, Belgium, Lausanne, Switzerland, Bhutan
Venice entry fee will start next year
  + stars: | 2023-09-06 | by ( Julia Buckley | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +6 min
CNN —Venice has finally revealed the details for its entrance fee, making it the first city in the world to charge daytripper visitors. But this isn’t a permanent move yet – the Venice authorities have committed to a 30-day “experiment,” according to mayor Luigi Brugnaro, who shared the news on Twitter/X. Daytrippers over the age of 14 entering the “old city” of Venice – the entirety of the lagoon city – will have to pay. Andrea Merola/Bloomberg/Getty ImagesPreviously, Venturini had announced that the entrance fee – which has been discussed since 2019 – would start in January 2023. Venice may be the first city to introduce a fee, but already one village in Italy has introduced a charge for daytrippers.
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With Europe seeing an explosion of visitors a year after Covid travel restrictions dropped, incidents of visitors behaving badly in Italy show no sign of abating. Think that’s bad? Meanwhile in Venice, tourists routinely swim in the UNESCO-protected canals, which double as the city’s sewer system. “Tourists don’t know how to relate to the artistic heritage because they have no relation with our history – so they refer to their cultural imagination, and therefore to our cinema. “So many tourists have said to me over the years, ‘In Italy there are no rules.’ But they are mistaken.
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Nivelul apelor a atins o maximă de 138 de centimetri marţi după-amiază, potrivit autorităţilor locale, iar Piaţa San Marco era acoperită de ape. Primarul Luigi Brugnaro a anunţat pe Twitter că sistemul de protecţie împotriva inundaţiilor, MOSE, nu era operaţional marţi seara, însă se depuneau eforturi pentru activarea acestuia miercuri dimineaţa. Sistemul a fost pentru prima dată activat la începutul acestui an şi nu era clar de la MOSE nu funcţiona marţi. Veneţia este vizată de un nivel de alertă portocalie, în condiţiile în care serviciile meteorologice prezic că nivelul apelor ar putea atinge 135 de centimetri joi şi 140 de centimetri vineri. Luca Zaia, preşedintele regiunii Veneto, a spus că valoarea pagubelor s-ar putea ridica la 500 de milioane de euro (606 milioane de dolari).
Persons: Luigi Brugnaro, Luca Zaia Locations: italian Veneţia, Italia, San Marco, Veneţia, Veneto
Veneţia, afectată din nou de inundaţii // VIDEO
  + stars: | 2020-12-09 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md   time to read: +1 min
Nivelul apelor a atins o maximă de 138 de centimetri marţi după-amiază, potrivit autorităţilor locale, iar Piaţa San Marco era acoperită de ape. Sistemul a fost pentru prima dată activat la începutul acestui an şi nu era clar de la MOSE nu funcţiona marţi. Veneţia este vizată de un nivel de alertă portocalie, în condiţiile în care serviciile meteorologice prezic că nivelul apelor ar putea atinge 135 de centimetri joi şi 140 de centimetri vineri. Provincia Bolzano din Tirolul de Sud este una dintre cele două regiuni în care urmează să fie instituit miercuri cel mai înalt nivel de alertă, roşu. Şcolile din regiunea Friuli Venezia-Giulia, nord-est, urmau să fie închise miercuri din cauza riscului de avalanşe, în condiţiile în care nivelul de alertă a fost ridicat la portocaliu.
Persons: Luigi Brugnaro, Luca Zaia Organizations: Provincia Locations: San Marco, Veneţia, Veneto, Italia, Tirolul de Sud, Provincia Bolzano, Campania, Friuli Venezia - Giulia
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