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it s saying try me! drink me! you love me! and we drop in on what claims to be the world s oldest university as it welcomes back students for the first time in around 800 years. we start this week in italy, in the canals, squares and passageways of one of the world s most popular destinations. venice has, over the years, developed a relationship with tourists that can best be described as complicated. and this is what it s like at midday on a monday. it s pretty packed. crowds like this are still the norm in venice and on the busiest days, visitors can outnumber the locals by 2:1. the city s braced this summerfor a return to the over tourism that plagued europe s hotspots before the pandemic. but venice has plans to fight back. last year, it banned cruise ships from docking in the city centre, with their dense crowds of foot passengers and now, they plan to make the rest of us pay. overnight visitors already pay a city tax at the hotel but from next year, day trippe ....
Crowds like this are still the norm in venice and on the busiest days, visitors can outnumber the locals by 2:1. the city s braced this summerfor a return to the over tourism that plagued europe s hotspots before the pandemic. but venice has plans to fight back. last year, it banned cruise ships from docking in the city centre, with their dense crowds of foot passengers and now, they plan to make the rest of us pay. overnight visitors already pay a city tax at the hotel but from next year, day trippers look re set to face a daily charge, payable through an app. i m ambivalent about it, in a way. obviously, venice has problems of overcrowding and tourism. it needs some regulation. whether this is the right way to do it or not, i m not entirely sure. i mean, it needs to be well done, but i ve been in places ....