Venice’s tourist tax raises almost €3 million in five weeks
Between the introduction of Venice’s tourist tax on 24 August 2011 and 30 September 2011, Venice City Council raised €2,900,000. This figure was published in the Venice daily newspaper Il Gazzettino di Venezia on 2 December 2011: Tassa di soggiorno per i turisti: in un mese il Comune incassa quasi 3 milioni di euro We … Continue reading
No replacement of Venice’s Accademia Bridge
The ‘temporary’ wooden Accademia Bridge (see image below) will not be replaced by a new wooden and steel structure, as announced by Venice’s Public Works Councillor Alessandro Maggioni on 30 November 2011. Even though the proposed replacement was commended by Maggioni for its design (see image below) and being economical, he stated that the primary … Continue reading
Article by Dominic in The Independent: Tourism as an opportunity, not a threat
The UK newspaper The Independent published an article by me on 11 November 2011. This is about how Venice and other European cities should embrace tourism as a potential remedy for economic woes. This is a link to the article and there is also an opportunity to make comments, which I would welcome: Tourism as … Continue reading
Report on the debate ‘Death in Venice: is tourism killing or saving the city?’
Death in Venice: is tourism killing or saving the city? This controversial topic was debated by a panel on Tuesday 11 October 2001 in the De Marchi Room of CIMBA’s undergraduate campus in Paderno del Grappa. The debate was sponsored by the Institute of Ideas in cooperation with Iowa University/CIMBA (Consortium Institute of Management and … Continue reading
Stop groups of over fifty people visiting Venice!
This is the most imaginative proposal that Venice City Councillor Roberto Panciera can come up with for improving tourism in Venice, as reported today in the Venetian daily newspaper Il Gazzettino di Venezia here: Riduzione_gruppi If you want to hear some more imaginative proposals for Venice and tourism, come to this debate this evening: DEBATE: … Continue reading
Is Venice now a new Disneyland?
Venice is increasingly depicted as Disneyland. Does this correspond to reality? Come along to the debate: ‘DEATH IN VENICE: IS TOURISM KILLING OR SAVING THE CITY?’ This panel discussion and public debate will be held on Tuesday 11 October, 7.45pm until 9.45pm, De Marchi Room, CIMBA/Filippin Institute, Via San Giacomo 4, Paderno del Grappa, 31017, … Continue reading
Debate: ‘Death in Venice: is tourism killing or saving the city?’
This panel discussion and public debate will be held on Tuesday 11 October, 7.45pm until 9.45pm, De Marchi Room, CIMBA/Filippin Institute, Via San Giacomo 4, Paderno del Grappa, 31017, Treviso, Veneto, Italy. The debate has been jointly organised by the Consortium Institute of Management and Business Analysis (CIMBA), Iowa University and the Institute of Ideas. … Continue reading
Great exhibition of work by Patrick Hughes
If you have the chance over the next week, I strongly recommend going to see an exhibition of art by Patrick Hughes in London. This exhibition has been very positively reviewed in the UK newspaper The Independent here: Patrick Hughes: Fifty Years in Show Business, Flowers Galleries, London Patrick’s work includes many fascinating paintings of … Continue reading
Venice segregates tourists and residents
Following last week’s initiation of different water bus entrances for tourists and residents, a debate has raged about creating separate tourist and resident water bus services. For 4.5 hours a day, the water bus stop at Rialto introduced an entrance reserved for residents and another for tourists from 26 July to run until October. By … Continue reading
New funds for Venice’s mobile dams
Despite the Italian government’s recent €48 billion deficit reduction plan, new funding of €630 million has been agreed for Venice’s mobile dam project. This tranche of €630 million will be provided by 31 December 2011 and will need to be followed by successive tranches of €470 million in 2012 and €450 million in 2013 to … Continue reading
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