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Today's podcast looks at Venice's new velvet rope, an AI shutdown, and China and Thailand's new tourism agreement.
Rashaad Jorden | 4 months ago
Capping tour group sizes may help mitigate overcrowding in Venice. But the city needs to do more.
Dawit Habtemariam | 4 months ago
Overtourism
Sorry, Italian officials. We side with UNESCO on this one. Venice faces long-standing but urgent issues, such as overtourism and climate change. This global gem needs a coordinated, strategic vision for its preservation.
Angelo Amante and John Irish, Reuters | 7 months ago
Authorities in Venice believe that the admission fee will help it better manage the large number of travelers to looking to visit, but it will take a lot more than a miniscule charge to discourage tourists.
Reuters | 8 months ago
Italian tourism boards, airlines, hotels, and tour operators need to be vocal to save the lagoon city from potential climate risks before it's too late.
Reuters | 9 months ago
Can nomad visas change the storytelling about beach and party destinations enough to attract long-term and culturally respectful visitors? We are about to find out.
Paula Krizanovic, Skift | 2 years ago
News Blog
At the very last minute before it was supposed to be implemented, Venice has postponed its trialling of entry fee for tourists until next year. Earlier I April it had announced that is was going to experiment with the fee to ease over tourism and crowding in its main areas. As visitor numbers returned to…
Rafat Ali | 2 years ago
Airport-like turnstiles and ticketing will rub away some of the historic city's charm, but perhaps the best way to prevent visitors numbers spiralling out of control.
Silvia Aloisi and Alex Fraser, Reuters | 3 years ago
Hotels
Ca' di Dio is the first Venetian luxury hotel to offer a reservation via the trendy asset class NFT, or non-fungible token. Smart hotels everywhere are trying fresh ways to appeal to niche audiences, instead of just rely on Booking.com & company.
Sean O'Neill, Skift | 3 years ago
Cruises
We've heard this before, but maybe we'll see a ban go into place in August. And if that's followed by other acts that put locals before tourists, perhaps we'll once again have a town that's something more than a traveler's trinket at city scale.
Giuseppe Fonte, Angelo Amante and Gavin Jones, Reuters | 3 years ago
