<div dir="ltr">Hey Owen!<div><br></div><div>it's time we see each other! How about a grappa night?</div><div><br></div><div>I'm available any evening.</div><div><br></div><div>A presto</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Fabio<br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;border-collapse:collapse"><div style="font-size:13px"><div><u>                                         </u><u> </u><u> </u><u> </u><u> </u><u> </u><u> </u><u> </u><u> </u><u> </u><u> </u><u> </u><u> </u><u> </u><u> </u><u> </u><u> </u><u> </u><u> </u><u> </u><u> </u><u> </u><u> </u><u> </u><u> </u><u> </u><u> </u><u> </u><u> </u><u> </u><u> </u><u> </u><u> </u><u> </u><u> </u><u> </u><u> </u><u> </u><u> </u><u>                </u></div><span style="font-size:small"><a href="http://fabiocarrera.com" target="_blank">Fabio Carrera</a></span><span style="font-size:small">, Ph.D.</span></div><div style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:x-small">Cell.:  </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:x-small">+1 508-615-5333 (USA) | </span></span><span style="font-size:x-small">+39 335 581-5292 (Italia)  </span></div><font color="#000000" size="1"><a href="http://veniceprojectcenter.org" target="_blank">veniceprojectcenter.org</a></font></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:x-small"> </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:x-small">| <a href="http://santafeprojectcenter.org" target="_blank">santafeprojectcenter.org</a></span></div><div><font size="1"><a href="http://serendpt.net/" target="_blank">SerenDPT: Serenissima Development and Preservation through Technology</a></font></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;border-collapse:collapse"><div style="font-size:13px"><a href="http://serendpt.net" target="_blank"><br></a></div></span><br><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Sun, Jan 6, 2019 at 10:33 AM Owen Densmore <<a href="mailto:owen@backspaces.net">owen@backspaces.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)">The SF New Mexican has this interesting article on how Venice is trying to handle their overwhelming tourism.</div><br></div><a href="http://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/venice-to-charge-day-trippers-for-access-to-city-center/article_60b81701-d063-585e-b3e9-8c2cd4d89663.html" target="_blank">http://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/venice-to-charge-day-trippers-for-access-to-city-center/article_60b81701-d063-585e-b3e9-8c2cd4d89663.html</a><div><br></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)">This is just the first of several ideas to manage tourism in Venice. Managing large tour ships already has started, for example. Managing AirBnB is another in the works.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)">From the article:</div></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Official estimate that as many as 30 million people visit Venice each year, with about one-fifth spending at least one night in the historic center of the city, which excludes islands in the lagoon and a mainland.</div></div></blockquote><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)">But that means the other four-fifths are day trippers? Whoa!</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Fabio: any others? And is focusing on day trippers (with no overnight stay) helpful?</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)">   -- Owen</div><br></div></div>
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