Venice could support a maximum of 52 thousand visitors per day, but the current number is actually 77 thousand – of which are 57,500 ‘excursionists’ daily By Enrico Tucci. VENICE. Venice could support a maximum of 52 thousand visitors per day, but the current number is actually 77 thousand, for a yearly total of almost … More Venice at point of collapse
Prof. Van Der Borg (Ca’ Foscari): a new algorithm to calculate the sustainable limit for daily visitors By Enrico Tantucci Sustainable Venice: there are new numbers for the limits of tourist visits. These will be presented tomorrow at Ca’Foscari, at the Campus of Economy at San Giobbe, in a new study of the so-called “carrying … More “Gates and a stop on kebab shops are not enough”
Housing? No. In a recent commission meeting, while discussing the system of managing the flow of tourists that was introduced over the May 1 holiday and brought out again on the weekend of June 2, Mayor Luigi Brugnaro offered his assessment of the depopulation in Venice: there is no flight of residents from the city … More Hostels, not Housing: Brugnaro’s vision for Venice
(Gruppo 25 Aprile spokesman Marco Gasparinetti being interviewed for “Architectures of Refusal”) The mass tourism problem exists, and has “a destructive impact” on cities. This is particularly true in the most visited destinations, and is even further amplified in the fragile equilibrium of the lagoon. By Eugenio Pendolini The mass tourism problem exists, and has … More “Mass tourism exploits and destroys the urban fabric”
In Venice a march for dignity to campo Manin with slogans and signs By Manuela Pivato VENICE. The March for Dignity challenged the heat, sweated under the sun, pushed away the tourists; advancing calle after cale, bridge after bridge, colorful and loud, along a route where today, on a normal day, venetians would have trouble … More Venetians rebel: “This is our City”
A study by Airbnb shows it beats Barcelona, Amsterdam and Bangkok: 73.8 370 visitors for each resident By Roberta Rossi Venice. “Venice is the world capital of mass tourism: it beats Barcelona, Amsterdam and Bangkok”. Now even Airbnb has “discovered” that Venice is being suffocated by too many tourists: the world’s largest platform for online … More Venice is the world capital of overcrowding
Demonstration by Gruppo 25 Aprile, Italia Nostra and Forum Futuro Arsenale: “There is a disconnect between the world of the international exhibition and our city” By Eugenio Pendolini Many visitors were intrigued by the banners of Venetian associations that had just appeared at the Biennale. As they waited in line for tickets there were those … More “Venice Wants to Live” Flashmob at the Biennale
What follows is the announcement of the March for the dignity of Venice, set for June 10, 2018 and organized by Comitato NoGrandiNavi. Venice must return to being a living city, with a diverse network of production. It cannot be razed by speculative rentals which are too quickly destroying its urban biodiversity. The tourist monoculture … More “March for the dignity of Venice” set for June 10
“Instead of masking this useless and damaging work we could erect a tombstone at the three mouths of the port with the names of all the politicians, technicians and businesses who approved this extreme example of criminality and corruption…” -Ambiente Venezia By Alberto Vitucci Venice. MoSE is there, now it needs to be made to … More MoSE, now we should make it “disappear”
[Ed. note: while this article is not about Venice specifically, the Airbnb phenomenon is undoubtedly a big part of the housing crisis there, as in many other cities.] In 2011 the New York Times presented it as “a Web site that simplifies the process of renting spare rooms to travelers”. Some years later, Airbnb is … More Airbnb, a cornerstone of gentrification
Campaign For A Living Venice 