The system in Venice that once allowed residents to rent out a room in their home has morphed over the years. With the advent of online booking, in particular Air BnB, people now rent out their whole homes or keep empty properties to rent out. These rentals evade the tourist tax paid by hotel visitors … More Generazione 90 proposes an accord with AirBnB to impose a tourism tax on apartments rented in Venice.

The words which introduced the new Manifesto, both a declaration of rules and a poster to print and mount across the city, speak of mutual respect: “To the tourists who are arriving we say that Venice offers respect to those who respect her, and in this poster our graphic artist Alessandro Toso Fei has made … More Manifesto for a tourism more respectful of the City. A new initiative from #Veneziamiofuturo.