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Passenger traffic overload to Venice
For a world-class scenic spots such as Venice, tourism is an essential part of life in the city was celebrated on the water.But too many visitors, in circumstances where often threatened by storm surges and service always fall into overload, it's a real pain.
According to statistics, nearly a year 30 million tourists from around the world flock to the city, with the peak day, about 100 thousand people on a small piece of land that stretches over 118 islands of Venice, visiting places went to books, films such as the Rialto Bridge, Bridge of Sighs, San Marco Square and the island of Murano blown glass.
In Carnavale festival takes place every year in February, the number of people may exceed 150 thousand. Despite the strengthening of infrastructure and services in recent years, expanding the system of hotels and roads, airports and train stations, but Venice can only meet about 80% of the needs of tourists.
The number of visitors to Venice on a lot has posed many problems for the provision of services, the environment and the ecological system of the city.
Venice charm (Source: Internet)
Organization "World Monument Fund" specializing in heritage conservation was ranked number 69 in Venice is a historic, cultural and world-class excavations are being seriously threatened.
In a new report published This organization emphasizes "a tragic example of a model of economic development associated with tourism are devastating the city."
The excessive development of tourism has led to serious concerns of those who love this city.
In June, a large-scale protests by small boats and ships on the Great Canal Venice line took place to protest the city allows the ship tourists relaxing water quality thousands of tons passing through San Marco Square.
They fear that the soaring number of vessels, especially the large ship, passing through the canals of Venice, can generate waves erode the ancient works of goods hundred years old, which annually has been affected by tidal action in accordance with law no longer as before, due to the warming of the earth.
Meanwhile, the essential services, including sanitation and environment , also can not guarantee the number of visitors to fully serve.
That is why now, in the city's official tourism and Italy, are stoked a debate on this issue. Mr Paolo Costa, the former mayor of Venice, said that the need to increase the price of the service to limit the number of tourists pouring on a winter day.
Meanwhile, Angela Vettese, director of the Venice tourism initiative launched must have certain route to avoid too many visitors to focus on a certain point, affect the monument in that place.
However, some other reviews that the plan above Venice may cause loss of suction and need positive solutions to both revenues from tourism, while sustainable development.
According to the statistics of tourism Italy, every year, tourists Foreign bring it close to 150 billion euros in the year, accounting for 9.4% of GDP and provides employment for 2.5 million people.
Now Italy is the country with the amount of foreign tourists visiting the fifth most in the world world, each year nearly 50 million passengers.
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