{"id":542922,"date":"2024-01-01T13:34:25","date_gmt":"2024-01-01T08:04:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.travelandtourworld.com\/?p=542922"},"modified":"2024-01-01T13:34:28","modified_gmt":"2024-01-01T08:04:28","slug":"venice-will-ban-loudspeakers-to-ease-mass-tourism-impact","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.travelandtourworld.com\/news\/article\/venice-will-ban-loudspeakers-to-ease-mass-tourism-impact\/","title":{"rendered":"Venice will ban loudspeakers to ease mass tourism impact"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Venice<\/a> is to ban loudspeakers in a bid to ease the impact of mass tourism on the Italian city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The new rules will come into effect from June, according to a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The use of loudspeakers has been banned as they can “generate confusion and disturbances”, it added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Over-tourism is widely recognised as an urgent issue for the canal city, one of the most visited places in Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Elisabetta Pesce, said the latest policies will be improving the management of groups organised in the historic centre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The city is just 7.6 sq km (2.7 sq miles) in size. But it hosted almost 13 million tourists in 2019, according to the Italian national statistics institute. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Numbers of visitors may exceed pre-pandemic levels in the coming years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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More and more residents in Venice are choosing to leave, fearing that tourists could overwhelm the historic island city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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According to the most recent update from one of them, Ocio, the number of beds for tourists has risen to more than 50,000. It is exceeding those available to locals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In July, experts from UNESCO said the city should be added to a list of World Heritage Sites in danger. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is because, the impact of climate change and mass tourism threaten to cause irreversible changes to it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The UN cultural body’s experts blamed the Italian authorities for a “lack of strategic vision” to solve the problems faced by one of Italy’s most picturesque cities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ultimately, UNESCO did not add Venice to the list. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Italian Culture Minister Gennaro Sangiuliano said UNESCO had recognised attempts to address the island’s problems via an anti-flooding system and by the approval of the entry fee for tourists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In 2021, large cruise ships could not enter the historic centre of Venice via the Giudecca canal after a ship crashed into a harbour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Critics had also argued that the ships were causing pollution and eroding the foundations of the city, which suffers from regular flooding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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How have other hotspots dealt with over-tourism?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Venice <\/a>is not unique among Italian and European hotspots in trying to address problems related to tourism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In nearby Florence, authorities have banned new Airbnbs and short-term holiday lets in its historic city centre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In 2019, the Italian capital Rome introduced fines aimed at tourists. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is for barring men from being shirtless in public, banning so-called “love padlocks” from being attached to bridges and cracking down on messy foods around famous tourist attractions like the Trevi Fountain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The picturesque fishing village of Portofino, on the Italian Riviera, has brought in no-waiting zones in photogenic spots, with Instagram-happy tourists facing fines of up to \u20ac275 (\u00a3238) if they linger too long for that perfect selfie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Away from Italy, Athens in Greece capped visitor numbers at the iconic Acropolis to 20,000 a day, to try to reduce damage to the ancient temple complex.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And in the Austrian Alps, the town of Hallstatt – said to have inspired the setting of Disney film Frozen – has built wooden barriers to block views in popular spots for a lakeside snap, on top of capping the number of tourist buses and cars entering the area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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