Hey Owen! it's time we see each other! How about a grappa night?
I'm available any evening. A presto Fabio Fabio Carrera <http://fabiocarrera.com>, Ph.D. Cell.: +1 508-615-5333 (USA) | +39 335 581-5292 (Italia) veniceprojectcenter.org | santafeprojectcenter.org SerenDPT: Serenissima Development and Preservation through Technology <http://serendpt.net/> <http://serendpt.net> On Sun, Jan 6, 2019 at 10:33 AM Owen Densmore <[email protected]> wrote: > The SF New Mexican has this interesting article on how Venice is trying to > handle their overwhelming tourism. > > > http://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/venice-to-charge-day-trippers-for-access-to-city-center/article_60b81701-d063-585e-b3e9-8c2cd4d89663.html > > This is just the first of several ideas to manage tourism in Venice. > Managing large tour ships already has started, for example. Managing AirBnB > is another in the works. > > From the article: > > Official estimate that as many as 30 million people visit Venice each > year, with about one-fifth spending at least one night in the historic > center of the city, which excludes islands in the lagoon and a mainland. > > But that means the other four-fifths are day trippers? Whoa! > > Fabio: any others? And is focusing on day trippers (with no overnight > stay) helpful? > > -- Owen > >
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