The new rules will come into effect in June and are part of an effort to ease the impact of tourism.

Venice is to ban loudspeakers and tourist groups of more than 25 people, in a bid to ease the impact of mass tourism on the Italian city.

The new rules will come into effect from June, the city said in a statement.

The use of loudspeakers has been banned as they can “generate confusion and disturbances”, it added.

Over-tourism is widely recognised as an urgent issue for the canal city, one of the most visited places in Europe.

In September, Venice approved the trial of a €5 (£4.30; $5.35) fee for daily visitors.

  • jaschen@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I specifically remember my first visit to Venice. I remembered going to a church to see the art. All the tourist were relatively quiet compared to the security person screaming to us to be quiet using a louspeaker. He used his louspeaker to make the loudest SHHHHH sound imaginable and them followed up with scream to us that “This is a church, everyone must be quiet”.

    Overall it was a terrible experience.

    • JJROKCZ@lemmy.worldEnglish
      142·
      10 months ago

      Did that church happen to be the Vatican? Lmao

      They do that there, guy in the holy temple repeating over the speakers every few seconds to take no photos, don’t loiter, and be quiet. BLARING ACROSS THE SPEAKERS, great stuff.

      • jaschen@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
        4·
        10 months ago

        Ahh yes. On the same trip we went to see the Sistine chapel and those security did the same thing to us. We weren’t even next to the security guys but wow. Dude was annoyingly loud. Even the people trying to pray was looking up annoyed at the security guard.

        Also unless you’re doing an extremely long exposure, you ain’t getting any photos in there.

    • Mothra@mander.xyzEnglish
      481·
      10 months ago

      Possibly to give the tourism sector enough notice. Lots of people plan their trips almost a year ahead, if there are changes like this it’s fair everyone knows beforehand

  • AutoTL;DR@lemmings.worldBEnglish
    41·
    10 months ago

    This is the best summary I could come up with:

    Elisabetta Pesce, the official with responsibility for the city’s security, said the latest policies are “aimed at improving the management of groups organised in the historic centre”.

    The UN cultural body’s experts blamed the Italian authorities for a “lack of strategic vision” to solve the problems faced by one of Italy’s most picturesque cities.

    Italian Culture Minister Gennaro Sangiuliano said Unesco had recognised attempts to address the island’s problems via an anti-flooding system and by the approval of the entry fee for tourists.

    The picturesque fishing of Portofino, on the Italian Riviera, has brought in no-waiting zones in photogenic spots, with Instagram-happy tourists facing fines of up to €275 (£238) if they linger too long for that perfect selfie.

    Away from Italy, Athens in Greece capped visitor numbers at the iconic Acropolis to 20,000 a day, to try to reduce damage to the ancient temple complex.

    And in the Austrian Alps, the town of Hallstatt - said to have inspired the setting of Disney film Frozen - has built wooden barriers to block views in popular spots for a lakeside snap, on top of capping the number of tourist buses and cars entering the area.

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