The SF New Mexican has this interesting article on how Venice is trying to handle their overwhelming tourism.
http://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/venice-to-charge-day-trippers-for-access-to-city-center/article_60b81701-d063-585e-b3e9-8c2cd4d89663.html This is just the first of several ideas to manage tourism in Venice. Managing large tour ships already has started, for example. Managing AirBnB is another in the works. >From the article: Official estimate that as many as 30 million people visit Venice each year, with about one-fifth spending at least one night in the historic center of the city, which excludes islands in the lagoon and a mainland. But that means the other four-fifths are day trippers? Whoa! Fabio: any others? And is focusing on day trippers (with no overnight stay) helpful? -- Owen
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