<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">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:0 0 0 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>