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Yeah, this actually removes Venice from my "places to go and see" bucket list.
by csunbird 6y ago
Yeah, this actually removes Venice from my "places to go and see" bucket list.
- Swenrekcah 6y agoAs this is meant to combat overtourism, mission accomplished it seems.
- csunbird 6y agoSo, to combat overtourism, they feel obligated to breach visitors privacy? I am shocked.
- nkrisc 6y agoIn one sense, how do else do you keep people away in a society with the right to roam freely? You make it unpalatable. You could restrict tourist visas but then that impacts other parts of Italy and had to be done at a national level when this is a local problem. You could add conditions to the visas that preclude visiting Venice, assuming the national government went skiing with it, but now you need to enforce the movement of tourists within the country which seems difficult if not impossible. And that's not even considering visitors from within the EU who can travel freely anyway.
- tweetle_beetle 6y agoNot a fan of this particular technique, but as a rule surely the right of Venice to ensure its dwindling population's home isn't trashed ranks higher than anyone's right to have it on a bucket list?
- tachyonbeam 6y agoIf they lose the tourism economy, the population is going to dwindle even faster. That being said, I think it's completely fair to charge tourists for entry, and use that money for maintenance.
- tweetle_beetle 6y agoVenice is losing its permanent residents for many reasons. Increased tourism is a cause, not a potential cure. http://www.veniceandlagoon.net/web/en/management_plan/macro_emergencies/depopulation/ http://www.veniceandlagoon.net/web/en/management_plan/macro_... https://veneziaautentica.com/impact-tourism-venice/ https://veneziaautentica.com/impact-tourism-venice/ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/mar/01/venice-population-exodus-tourism https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/mar/01/venice-populat...
- CPLX 6y ago> If they lose the tourism economy, the population is going to dwindle even faster. I bet it’s not.
- destroyHN 6y agoGood. You will not be missed.
- u678u 6y agoGreat result then. Edit. I'm facetious, it probably isn't a good result, the article says they want tourists who stay in the city and spend money. I think the technology is pretty common, I think US shopping malls and big box stores all do similar tracking than this.