A record number of visitors is expected to travel to Venice this year. Locals don’t love that.
. “We’ve become Italy’s answer to Disneyland.”
Venice has always dealt with an influx of visitors, especially at peak times like the height of summer. But the numbers have increased in recent years, and locals now say that the city is at a tipping point. Businesses that once served residents have closed up shop in favor of souvenir stores and restaurants that appeal to travelers, and some types of doctors are so hard to find that residents have to travel to the Italian mainland for care.
Until the city government takes those sorts of steps, locals feel like it’s up to them to make the world aware of their problems, and to keep the city in their hands. “I fear there’s little hope of saving Venice,” resident Lorenzo Calvelli told the newspaper, “but that doesn’t mean I won’t fight every day.”
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