Who knows what passes through people’s heads when they arrive in Venice. Would it be a sense of impunity? Or a misguided perception that “everything goes”? Somewhere there is a reason, or an impulse, if “normal” people in everyday life feel as though they are stars in a circus as soon as they arrive in … More Venice, the most recent stunts: climbing monuments on video while the parents applaud

VENICE: Back in the summer of 2016 in Venice, the comments regarding a crude and uncultured tourism were wasted, believing that things had hit bottom, and affirming that bad taste had crossed all limits. Photographs and video have immortalized without pity (for our city) swims in the canals, people relieving themselves on the streets, sleeping … More VeneziaLand, the final frontier: diving off the Ponte di Calatrava

HOW TO CONFRONT THE PROBLEM OF TOURISM? THE ADMINISTRATION DOES NOT CHOOSE CONTROL, BUT THE INVASION There are two possibilities: either the members of the Administration do not understand Venice or they do not care about life in Venice, but are only protecting interests. One of the problems with the tourist assault on Venice is … More Reaction to the Administration’s new plans for tourism: “They have chosen invasion, not control”