Thursday, August 3, 2017

As Venice Has Become Disneyland, Tourists Eat Venice (And Locals Flee)

“If you arrive on a big ship, get off, you have two or three hours, follow someone holding a flag to Piazzale Roma, Ponte di Rialto and San Marco and turn around,” said Dario Franceschini, Italy’s culture minister, who lamented what he called an “Eat and Flee” brand of tourism that had brought the sinking city so low.



Article source here:Arts Journal

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