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Day trippers to Venice will have to pay a $5.50 tourist fee as the city tries to curb excessive tourism
The city said the initiative wasn't designed to raise cash but to give residents a better quality o…
Grace Dean
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Tourists to Venice will soon have to pay an entry fee as the city moves to better handle 'overtourism'
Starting next summer, visitors will reportedly have to pay a fee, book in advance, and head through…
Juliana Kaplan
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See tourists wade through Venice's flooded squares and cafes as 'acqua alta' tides hit again
People sit at a cafe in a flooded St. Mark's Square during seasonally high water in Venice, Italy N…
Hannah Towey
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Here's why New York City floods are getting worse and more frequent
Flooding in NYC is getting worse and more frequent. The climate crisis and its own infrastructure p…
Katie Balevic
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Visit these popular tourist traps before they succumb to climate change
Most of these places are severely threatened by rising ocean levels that stand to erase large swath…
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I moved from Texas to Italy because I was concerned about US politics and the economy. Venice is so much more reasonable in every single way.
Alan Bruton moved to Venice, Italy, after becoming disenchanted with the US, in search of better af…
Jordan Pandy
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Pictures show grounded gondolas and miserable tourists in Venice as canals run dry due to drought and low tide
Normally, the "floating city" of Venice must guard against flooding. But a mixture of factors have …
Mia Jankowicz
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Venice is experiencing its most severe flooding in 50 years. Here are 15 photos of the city's extreme flooding
High-water season is back in Venice, Italy, where tourists and Venetians donned rubber boots and wa…
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Venice successfully stopped a flood for the first time by raising a mile-long network of barriers to hold back the sea
The mile-long network of barriers, named MOSE in a nod to the the Biblical figure Moses, blocked hi…
Naina Bhardwaj
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A play-by-play of the chaotic press day for 'Don't Worry Darling' at the Venice Film Festival
The world premiere of Olivia Wilde's film in Venice, Italy on Monday generated plenty of memes and …
Olivia Singh
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Venice has hired armed guards to control tourist overcrowding as the city faces pre-pandemic visitor numbers
According to CNN, boat workers requested that armed guards patrol key tourist spots amid reports of…
Maria Noyen
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US soldiers and airmen helped clean up Venice after the historic city was hit by the worst flooding in 53 years
According to organizers, the "Save Venice" event was an enriching challenge for the Better Opportun…
Maria Cavins, US Army Garriso…
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Venice's world-famous 'streets of water' left dry after dramatic low tides drained its canals
The Mayor of Venice, Luigi Brugnaro, maintains that the rapidly alternating water levels are linked…
Naina Bhardwaj
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14 dramatic photos show Venice underwater in the worst flood to hit the city in a decade
Residents and tourists alike struggled to get around the city, even in tall rain boots, and several…
Ashley Collman
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Before-and-after images of landmarks around the world show the devastating sea-level rise that's coming
If global temperatures increase by 3 degrees Celsius, floods could overtake iconic landmarks like t…
Aria Bendix
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Venice is reducing the number of tourists allowed on gondolas because it says some are so fat 'it's like bombs loading on'
"Tourists are now overweight," said the president of a gondolier association, adding that from some…
Rachel Hosie
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Virus lockdown gives Venice a shot at reimagining tourism
Visions for Venice's future include calls to offer tax breaks to bring traditional manufacturing b…
PTI
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A $6.5 billion sea wall was supposed to stop Venice from flooding. Now, most of the city is underwater.
While citizens have long worried about the high cost of construction, which recently climbed to aro…