Author: campaignforalivingvenice

Assembly Against the Access Ticket at Rialto: “The Ticket is An Obvious Failure”

June 16, 2024

Dozens of associations take stock after twenty days of experimentation. “Tutta la città insieme” reels off the data obtained with access to the documents: “The flows of tourists are not decreasing” By Leonardo Bison June 15, 2024 The opposition to the “entry fee” to Venice met today at the Rialto fish market. Or at least … More Assembly Against the Access Ticket at Rialto: “The Ticket is An Obvious Failure”

Venice Lagoon Authority: New President Faces Daunting Agenda for Three Year Term

June 7, 2024

The first operational meetings are being held after the green light from the Court of Auditors. The next step is the appointment of the managers of the authority, which will bring together disparate needs for protection of the lagoon into one body Eugenio Pendolini May 30, 2024 A three-year time horizon to centralize the responsibilities … More Venice Lagoon Authority: New President Faces Daunting Agenda for Three Year Term

Bachelor/Bachelorette Parties Causing Chaos in Venice

May 26, 2024

The two faces of the historic center: tourists queue up to show their QR code, while residents get angry at groups on drinking tours: “The access fee doesn’t stop them” Camilla Gargioni May 20, 2024 Tourists are searching their pockets, while the more prepared ones already have the QR code within reach on their smartphone. … More Bachelor/Bachelorette Parties Causing Chaos in Venice

The First Numbers Show that the Entry Ticket is Useless for Managing the Flow of Tourists in Venice

May 8, 2024

Overnight stays in non-hotel rental facilities are very high: intervention on an administrative and non-administrative level is absolutely necessary [Ed. Note: the following is a press release from Giovanni Andrea Martini, City Councilor in Venice and leader of the association Tutta la Città Insieme] The balance sheet for the first 11 days of the entry … More The First Numbers Show that the Entry Ticket is Useless for Managing the Flow of Tourists in Venice

Venice’s Nursery Schools, 15 million Euros Are on the Way

May 5, 2024

The largest portion of the resources is earmarked for schools in Chioggia and San Donà. The goal is to increase seats by at least 33 percent By Giacomo Costa May 5, 2024 At a national level there are 734.9 million euros on the plate, and for the province there are 5.76 million for Venice alone, … More Venice’s Nursery Schools, 15 million Euros Are on the Way

Protests and Doubts: The Debut of the “Access Ticket” in the International Press

April 26, 2024

“That’ll Be 5 Euros, Please” is the headline in the New York Times. The main global newspapers report on the checks at the station, the reasons the Municipality introduced the ticket and the protests of the residents. Today there were 23 thousand paying and 128 thousand registered By Leonardo Bison April 26, 2024 The second … More Protests and Doubts: The Debut of the “Access Ticket” in the International Press

The Last Sunday Without an Entry Ticket to Venice and the Measure Remains Divisive

April 22, 2024

There are some people who don’t want to pay five euros and others who are asking for the price to be twenty or thirty euros, with transportation and services included By Maria Ducoli April 22, 2024 It wasn’t yet half past ten, but Venice was already like an aquarium full of fish, too many of … More The Last Sunday Without an Entry Ticket to Venice and the Measure Remains Divisive

“600 days without regulation on short-term rentals”: an Ironic “Lion” is Awarded to the Mayor

April 14, 2024

The activists of the Alta Tensione Abitativa campaign awarded the administration with a “Lion with its tail between its legs”. “An historic opportunity masterfully avoided”. The group’s proposal for a national law was relaunched afterwards at Rialto. It was a symbolic and ironic action, but full of political value, organized today at Ca’ Farsetti by … More “600 days without regulation on short-term rentals”: an Ironic “Lion” is Awarded to the Mayor

Venice Drops Below 49,000 Residents and the Mainland Grows

April 9, 2024

Urban planner Laura Fregolent (Iuav): “In addition to the figure of the decline in the birth rate, there is an objective absence of policies useful for reversing the trend. The main issue is housing” 3 April 2024 [Ed. Note: this site has been quiet for a month or so due to a variety of things … More Venice Drops Below 49,000 Residents and the Mainland Grows