UNESCO watching as Venice grapples with over-tourism
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...
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