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It may be now or never for Venice, whose fragile city and lagoon environment alike are protected as a UNESCO World Heritage site. Citing overtourism, UNESCO took the rare step this week of recommending Venice be placed on its list of World Heritage in Danger sites. A decision is expected next month. After a 15-month pause in mass international travel, Venetians are contemplating how to welcome visitors back to its picture-postcard canals and Byzantine backdrops without suffering the past indignities of crowds clogging narrow alleyways, day-trippers picnicking on stoops, and selfie-takers crow...

Venice's 'forgotten' islands could be key to saving city from overtourism SHARE Photo: Alamy Away from the once-maddening crowds of St. Mark's Square, tiny Certosa island could be a template for building a sustainable future in Venice as it tries to relaunch its tourism industry without boomeranging back to pre-pandemic day-tripping hordes. Private investment has converted the forgotten public island just a 15-minute waterbus ride from St. Mark's Square into a multi-faceted urban park where Venetians and Venice conoscenti can mix, free from the tensions inherent to the lagoon city's pere...

UNESCO took the rare step this week of recommending Venice be placed on its list of World Heritage in Danger sites.

The Italian lagoon city looks to avoid the perennial plague of mass tourism that existed before the outbreak.

UNESCO watching as Venice grapples with over-tourism COLLEEN BARRY, Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail 27 1of27People are backdropped by St. Mark's bell tower, in Venice, Italy, Thursday, June 17, 2021. After a 15-month pause in mass international travel, Venetians are contemplating how to welcome visitors back to the picture-postcard canals and Byzantine backdrops without suffering the indignities of crowds clogging its narrow alleyways, day-trippers perched on stoops to imbibe a panino and hordes of selfie-takers straining for a spot on the Rialto Bridge or in front of St. M...