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Year. >> amazing. 70% of those visitors dont spend the night and are what locals like giovanni and his antique boat club call [ speaking italian ] eat and run. >> every day they say 4 1/2 hourks eat some junk food and buy a chinese mask. the threats to the city are too much, too much mass tourism compared with the good stories. it doesnt mean rich people. the student who arrives hitchliking in venice and stays here and doesnt spend, its okay. because he wants to live the city, he wants to know i...

Place known for its canals and connection to the sea but what also makes the city so special could also become its demise. sunday night, cnns bill weir makes a splash on this weeks wonder list. >> coming in winter means venice is gloomier but an empty st. marks square makes a great vantage to watch her other famous phenomenon which begins with that siren. it is the sound of an approaching high water propelled by moon and wind. a full moon brings higher tides and when the winds are blowing up the...