An interesting side-fact: Talking to a venetian during the pandemic they explained that their city is sat in a complicated political setup. The governening body

An interesting side-fact: Talking to a venetian during the pandemic they explained that their city is sat in a complicated political setup. The governening body (the Metropolitan City of Venice) actually consists of the city we know of Venice, but then also the surrounding islands and a decent chunk of the mainland. Our venetian friend explained they'd wanted to implement laws like this but have always been hostage to the surrounding lands which see it as essentially a cash-cow. It was the metropolitan for example (according to our friend) that outvoted Venice itself to allow cruiseboats back to Venice which is almost the sole cause of the over-population. Native venetians seem to dislike the cruise-boats given their tourists have a very different spending pattern compared to stay-over tourists. But the cruise-boats pay huge taxes straight into the municipal. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_City_of_Venice https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_City_of_Venice