Venice Tourists

European tourist hotspots like Amsterdam and Venice, which introduces new measures on Thursday, are on a crusade to deal with surging visitor numbers.

Overtourism is acknowledged as a pressing concern for Venice, one of Europe's most visited destinations. In September, the city implemented a trial for a fine of approximately 5 Euros (Rs 460) for daily visitors.

A group of tourists in Venice found themselves in cold water after their gondola capsized in an Italian canal.

Venice will start testing a daily admission fee and cap on visitor access to its famous canals from next April, in what the Italian city's mayor hailed as the world's first such scheme.

Venice plans to experiment with an admission fee of Rs 445 ($5.35) for day trippers next year to try to manage the flow of tourists drawn to its historic canals, the city council said on Tuesday.

The two surfers were arrested and fined $1,530 each. They were also expelled from the city and their surfboards confiscated.

Venice was braced Sunday for an unprecedented third major flooding in less than a week, with sea water due to swamp the already devastated historic city where authorities have declared a state of emergency.

Venice has experienced some of the worst flooding in its history this week, with flood levels of over 6 feet submerging the city's most revered and trafficked historical sites.

enice was hit by the highest tide in more than 50 years late Tuesday, with tourists wading through flooded streets to seek shelter as a fierce wind whipped up waves in St. Mark's Square.

A massive cruise ship lost control as it docked in Venice Sunday, crashing into the wharf and hitting a tourist boat after suffering an engine failure.

With the Biennale opening a month earlier this year, to coincide with Milan's World Expo, Venice is expecting a visitor overload. But that doesn't mean they have to resort to overpriced, underwhelming tourist restaurants

Famed for the serene silence of its timeless nooks and crannies, Venice is about to get even quieter, by banning noisy suitcases on wheels.

Nearly three quarters of Venice was flooded on Monday and tourists swam in St Mark's Square as a wave of bad weather swept through northern and central Italy, forcing the evacuation of 200 people from their homes in Tuscany.

European tourist hotspots like Amsterdam and Venice, which introduces new measures on Thursday, are on a crusade to deal with surging visitor numbers.

Overtourism is acknowledged as a pressing concern for Venice, one of Europe's most visited destinations. In September, the city implemented a trial for a fine of approximately 5 Euros (Rs 460) for daily visitors.

A group of tourists in Venice found themselves in cold water after their gondola capsized in an Italian canal.

Venice will start testing a daily admission fee and cap on visitor access to its famous canals from next April, in what the Italian city's mayor hailed as the world's first such scheme.

Venice plans to experiment with an admission fee of Rs 445 ($5.35) for day trippers next year to try to manage the flow of tourists drawn to its historic canals, the city council said on Tuesday.

The two surfers were arrested and fined $1,530 each. They were also expelled from the city and their surfboards confiscated.

Venice was braced Sunday for an unprecedented third major flooding in less than a week, with sea water due to swamp the already devastated historic city where authorities have declared a state of emergency.

Venice has experienced some of the worst flooding in its history this week, with flood levels of over 6 feet submerging the city's most revered and trafficked historical sites.

enice was hit by the highest tide in more than 50 years late Tuesday, with tourists wading through flooded streets to seek shelter as a fierce wind whipped up waves in St. Mark's Square.

A massive cruise ship lost control as it docked in Venice Sunday, crashing into the wharf and hitting a tourist boat after suffering an engine failure.

With the Biennale opening a month earlier this year, to coincide with Milan's World Expo, Venice is expecting a visitor overload. But that doesn't mean they have to resort to overpriced, underwhelming tourist restaurants

Famed for the serene silence of its timeless nooks and crannies, Venice is about to get even quieter, by banning noisy suitcases on wheels.

Nearly three quarters of Venice was flooded on Monday and tourists swam in St Mark's Square as a wave of bad weather swept through northern and central Italy, forcing the evacuation of 200 people from their homes in Tuscany.