FILM OF DEBATE: Modernisation, development and conservation. Click on the image below to view this film
Book review of Roger Scruton’s ‘Green Philosophy’: weaknesses in thinking seriously about the planet. Click on the image below to read the review
‘How Italy and the UK lost control of their borders’. My article about migration issues published by Spiked.
This article was published on 23 December 2023 and can be read by clicking on the link below: How Italy and the UK lost control of their borders The text of the article is also here: How Italy and the UK lost control of their borders Rishi Sunak and Giorgia Meloni are failing both migrants … Continue reading
From 25 April through 5 May 2024 and on further designated dates, most day-trippers must pay a charge to enter Venice
Venice City Council is charging most day-trippers €5 per day to enter the city from 25 April 2024, which is ironically the ‘Liberation Day’ public holiday in Italy. The charge also applies for day-trippers visiting Venice on 28 April for the Pope’s visit to the city and mass in front of St. Mark’s Church (except … Continue reading
Venice City Council approves regulation to charge and limit day-trippers to Venice and lagoon islands
At an executive committee meeting of Venice City Council on 5 September 2023, approval was given to a regulation to begin restricting day-trippers for about 30 selected days from spring 2024. The regulation was examined by the competence commission before Venice City Council voted for it on 12 September 2023 with 24 votes in favour … Continue reading
Venice authorities respond to UNESCO rather than local people to limit city day-trippers
On 4 August 2023, the governor of the Veneto region, Luca Zaia announced that Venice “needs a planned number” of tourists in the city. He argued that people book seats at the cinema, stadiums, on trains and airplanes, so “we can also book to visit the city.” Michele Zuin, Venice City Councillor, confirmed Zaia’s comments, … Continue reading
‘The EU’s Net Zero crusade will impoverish Italy.’ My article about how EU climate restrictions on vehicles and housing will hit the livelihoods of most people in Italy. Published by spiked-online.com
Please note that the EU climate demands in European Green Deal will affect all EU member states, although in different ways. Here I just focus on some impacts that will occur in Italy, where I live. Unless these restrictions are challenged quickly, they will cause drastic hardship for Europeans. This article was published on 26 … Continue reading
“‘The hospitality industry offers a great career.’ Really?” My response titled “Depending on where you live, hospitality is now attractive” was published as part of a Good Tourism insight bite.
On 30 May 2023, the Good Tourism blog published this insight bite prompted by this scenario: A family member in the last year of high school is asking you for advice on careers. Would you suggest a career in hospitality? Why? Why not? 17 contributors offered answers (limited to 300 words) to these questions and were … Continue reading
‘In Venice, cruising has been unfairly demonised but can be improved’, my comments for ‘Cruise ships: Blessing or blight?’ a Good Tourism Insight Bite including many contributions
These multiple contributions by travel and tourism stakeholders were published by the Good Tourism blog on 2 May 2023. You can read them by clicking on the following link and registering free for the Good Tourism blog, which I highly recommend: https://www.goodtourismblog.com/2023/05/cruise-ships-blessing-or-blight/#DS This is the text of my own comments: In Venice, cruising has been … Continue reading
My latest article on tourism in Venice: ‘Mass tourism in Venice: Are city officials overreacting?’ Published by The “Good Tourism” Blog
This article was published on 11 April 2023. It can be read by following the link below: It is free to subscribe to the above blog, which I highly recommend for many excellent articles. Feel free to share it on social media. The text of my article is also below: Mass tourism in Venice: Are … Continue reading
Reflecting on the election in Italy and whether Giorgia Meloni is far-right live on TalkTV
Peter Cardwell interviewed me live on 1 October 2022 below: This is the article I wrote before the election, published by Spiked-online on 23 September 2022: https://www.spiked-online.com/2022/09/23/italys-troubled-democracy/
As the last election results in Italy were being counted, I was interviewed live on TalkTV
This interview below was at 1.35 Italian time on 26 September 2022 This is a link to the article by me about the election published on 23 September 2022: https://www.spiked-online.com/2022/09/23/italys-troubled-democracy/
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Book Review of ‘Venice in Environmental Peril? Myth and Reality’ by Elisabetta Gasparoni. Click on the image below to read the review on Spiked Review of Books
‘IS MASS TOURISM RUINING VACATIONS AS WE KNOW THEM?’ MY COMMENTS AS ONE OF THREE INTERVIEWEES DURING LIVE TV AND YOUTUBE BROADCAST BY AL JAZEERA @AJSTREAM
New York Times/International Herald Tribune. My comments on Pierre Cardin’s proposed LIght Palace for Venice. Click on the image below to read the article
Venice suffered its worst floods for 20 years in 2019. My interview on Euronews
‘VENICE ASKS OTHER PORTS TO HELP FIND SOLUTION TO CRUISE SHIP PROBLEMS’. ARTICLE PUBLISHED IN THE GUARDIAN INCLUDING MY COMMENTS
IMPROVING LAND USE TO FEED MORE PEOPLE. INTERVIEW WITH ME AND AN ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY SPECIALIST ON SKY NEWS LIVE
‘VENICE OVERTOURISM?’ TV AND YOUTUBE INTERVIEW WITH ME AND TWO ITALIANS ON THE NEWSMAKERS, @TRT WORLD
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‘Italy: Renewables Policy as a Barrier to Energy Innovation.’ Click on the image below for a link to the paper
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