For the Undersecretary of Cultural Heritage there is no “conspiracy” but rather a tourism emergency. “Operational decisions from the Mayor are required and there is still no agreement regarding the Cruise Ships” By Enrico Tantucci “I am sorry to have to say they are right, but it is evident that already even the world’s public … More Undersecretary of Cultural Heritage Borletti responds to foreign media coverage of Venice: “Personally I don’t see conspiracies”

In recent week reports about tourism and cruise ship pollution have come out from The Guardian and the BBC in England, as well as PBS, CNN, the New York Times in the US and also Reuters. The resoundingly negative coverage prompted Venice Tourism Assessor Paola Mar to suggest that the string of articles was somehow … More English media coverage of Venice and tourism causes furor – Mar cries “Conspiracy”

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