Venetians now want control on visitors as Venice is facing multiple tourism threats.
The city-on-the-sea has been on every traveller’s bucket list for years, but now Venice locals are doubting the city will survive long enough for coming generations to experience.
Just near the famous Rialto Bridge, a clock tracks the local population decline and it now registers under 53,000 locals which is less than half the number 60 years ago.
At this rate, in roughly 50 years Venice will be empty of Venetians, meanwhile 25 to 30 million tourists will arrive just this year alone.
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