‘Stop moaning about Jeff Bezos’s wedding.’ My article published by Spiked about protests against the Bezos and Sánchez wedding celebrations in Venice.
As protests grew and a march is scheduled from 5 pm on 28 June, I explored why some activists are demonstrating against these wedding celebrations. This is a link to the article published on 28 June: Stop moaning about Jeff Bezos’s wedding I welcome any comments.
The Venice entry ticket restarts with new clampdowns
The ticket required to enter Venice for most day-trippers began operation again on 18 April 2025 after it stopped in July 2024. Officially labelled the ‘Venice Access Fee’, day-trippers need to book and pay to enter the city between 8.30 am and 4 pm on 54 designated dates between 18 April and 27 July 2025. … Continue reading
‘Venice ‘bookable’: Italians lose freedom of movement.’ My article published by Good Tourism (GT) about the problems for the first ‘bookable’ city.
Two weeks after the start of the Venice bookable ticket to enter the city at certain times on specific dates, many of the deterimental impacts for local people have become evident and local protests have been held. I outline how Venice City Council has established the principle and enforcement of its right to end freedom … 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 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
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
Today the first dock, ‘Liguria’, for large ships was opened at Marghera on the mainland of Venice’s lagoon.
This new dock will allow a cruise ship to dock there this Saturday, 9 April 2022, for the first time. It will avoid sailing through the centre of Venice and St. Mark’s Basin. In addition, Fusina Terminal, also on the mainland of the lagoon, will provide support for docking and a second dock, Terminal Tiv, … Continue reading
The MOSE mobile dams were raised five times last week to reduce high flooding in Venice. But work on the dams is still incomplete and two locks are not functioning, placing limits on shipping and affecting the lagoon.
It is great that the MOSE mobile dams in Venice were raised five times last week to reduce high flooding. This means the dams have been deployed 25 times since 3 October 2020 against flooding. While most of the talk at the ongoing COP26 conference on climate change is focusing on mitigating against climate warming, … Continue reading
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