Italy is Heavily Cracking Down on its Tourists, Here's Why | Firstpost America
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- Опубликовано: 29 май 2024
- Italy is Heavily Cracking Down on its Tourists, Here's Why | Firstpost America
The global favourite tourist destination of Italy is done with tourists. The country, which has been welcoming tourists for centuries, is now fed up with the number of people that visit the nation every year. While tourism brings money, it is not worth more than a person’s life. Due to so many people in the vicinity, the environment is under extreme pressure. Thus, Italy has been constantly introducing bans on certain activities that tourists can do in the country. There are bans on taking selfies, wearing flip-flops, and even sitting on the iconic steps in Rome. Watch our video to know more.
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I am italian, i live in Rome, it is absolutely not true that tourist can't take selfies or wear beach slippers! no one can sit on the stairs of Piazza di Spagna because they are very ancient and are wearing out...tourists are always welcome, hospitality has always been a characteristic of the italian people, and then we are so used to it that Rome would seem empty without you! sorry for my Google translator english
Thank you for your message. Looking forward to visiting Rome soon and I hope to be touring all of Italy before the end of the year. Beautiful country and I'm sure the people are very warm and welcoming.
I'm from Rome too. Totally right!
You have misunderstood the information given. The flip flop ban is for people going on hikes, common sense really!! And selfies is for Portofino because they stop the flow of people in certain panoramic spots.
@@moonshine9836 Good job 👍
But you must admit that at times there are too many people in one place and that the touristic apartments are generating income for the government more than what the tourists spend some times.
Regulation is the solution to keeping the peace between local people and massive tourism… Venice has stopped cruise ships from stopping and the “tourist tax” is a very good incentive.
We must preserve patrimony for future generations, not only tourists.
I think it is not true what the media say about Selfies.
It is probably to scare the tourists to be more aware of the many people in one place at the same time…
Long live the eternal city!
What the residents are asking for is respect. Tourists come into a country and are very rude, they litter, they are loud and just don’t respect anything.
ban all DEMOCRATS
Most of them are like that in their own homeland , unfortunately !
i live in America in a tourist destination. And it happens there too. human nature
💯👍🇦🇺
Womem enter the churches almost naked. No respect at all
I'm a traveler. I've visited Italy twice, and I fully support Italy defining their boundaries.
Defending their boundaries from all those hundreds of millions of tourist dollars while yelling: Death to the golden goose!”
@@larrysorenson4789 Many countries have decided tourism at all cost is not a good model for their citizens. I respect that.
I do too. I am appalled anybody should oppose it.
@@larrysorenson4789We use Euros in Europe not dollars and by far the largest amount of tourism in Italy comes from other European countries. Only 5-10% of Italy's GDP is generated by tourism and less than 10% of that comes from US citizens, so that equates to less than 1%. Keep your dollars, Europe isn't Disney world, we are just trying to protect our history and culture.
Thats great but they don't seem to do that when it comes to africans.
Tourists are always welcome ... but respect and appreciate monuments, history, art and environment ❤️🇮🇹
ABSOLUTELY! I am headed to Italy and have done careful research in order that I can comply with their customs.
A DA VAM SAMO POŠALJEMO NOVAC BEZ POSJETE 😂❤
@@melissajohnson5917 You be careful , because a bunch of hoodlums preying on the unsuspected tourist. A friend just came back , he visited Florence , what is a nice city, he was asked by an old man to hold his big parrot , what was sitting on his arm. to let the parrot to stay on his arm, but the old man made a picture of him , with the parrot on his arm, and demanded 25 dollar for the picture. He refused to pay, he said , he did not ask for a picture. The Italian old man called the police and the police arrested him ! They took him to the police station and told him if he don;t pay they trow him in the jail ! In Florence , in the center city they pant the sidewalk and you unsuspecting anything, step on their artwork, day ask you to pay for it ! Terrible behavior and the police do nothing about !
Imagine how uptight you have to be to consider someone taking a selfie was disrespectful.
Gooood for Italy!! Is about time a country does not sacrifice their well being for money…all countries should learn from them!!
It's a worldwide campagne of the globalist to restrict the mobility of the common people. They don't want you to travel anymore. Don't fall for the propaganda !
They need the money so...
Italy is a shit hole I spent 2 week travelling around and it looks like a 3rd world country in alot of places
Wellbeing is actually based on money. Not only money, but money is essential
And tourists will pay anything to visit
Good for Italy!!! Each country has the right to keep order and respect for their country.
Selfies are very annoying!👍
So are flip flops
America is the exception to this ideology, because then everyone else says it’s racist to keep order and borders 😒
I love flip flops @@stevenchow408
I wonder, does this include America? 🤔
What is annoying is the chaos brought about by the protesters in ir country.
Bravo Italy. Preserve our civilization, we will help
😂😂😂😂😂 Italy will go even more broke , if they ban tourists
@@carlodefalco7930 The only broke here is your brain 🤡🤡
Tourism income is just the 9% of the Italian gdp, the same of other bigger economies more or less and having that kind of tourism is not certainly a plus. 🤡🤡 Italy has always had less tourism then spain but more cultural and that's what our govern wants. 🤡🤡
I do not blame them! Tourist have ruined everything.
How have tourists ruined everything? What you just said makes no sense. If they don't want people to go to their country then stay home and don't travel. I hear that they are nasty azzz people anyway 😂😂
But they only give visas!!??
Illegal aliens or tourists?
I live in the usa, it sucks that people have to ruin it. I agree though
@@terry4137
EXACTLY!
They won't crack down on illegal immigration but they want to repel tourists who actually contribute to their economy.
I just do not understand Europe
ITALY has the right to defend itself
ITALY has the right to protect itself. FIFY
ITALY BAD. TOO WHITE
@@paulgrey8028 italy has always had the right to stop illegal immigration
@@paulgrey8028 Maybe Italy has the right, but has no will ! They have to control their own citizens first ! They harassing the tourist everywhere and the police do nothing about ! They can't control their borders too, the illegal immigrants invading the country day by day !
It’s already too late. My recent trip to Italy was a nightmare. No crowd management, tourists packed into historic buildings almost to the point of panic! I doubt I will ever visit a large city in Italy again.
Never been to Italy.My dad was there during WW2, but not as a tourist, that,s for sure.Recall him saying that if he won the lottery he would move to Northern Italy or Southern Germany, have relatives in Garmisch
Esagerato
Don’t blame them, Italy is very popular and can’t imagine the impact of high volume of tourists on their landscape
I am Italian, and although I do not agree with some government decisions (for example, the entrance fee to Venice), I admit that some measures need to be taken to prevent our millennia-old art cities from becoming amusement parks. Unfortunately, without any regulation, we risk being overwhelmed by tourists. The message is not to deny access or to snub tourism-anyone who has visited this country knows very well that (almost always) tourists are received with happiness and smiles-but the sheer number of people arriving each year is impressive, and this situation needs to be managed. Greetings from Italy.
I do understand....I have heard the problem with cruisers is that they get off the ship only to get on busses to areas out of town, then head back on-board without visiting any local shops
Greetings from Australia.
The vid of Venice shows that the city is literally flooded with tourists. An entrance fee, presuming that it's more than just a few dollars, would at least help to keep the riff-raff out.
Hello from the US. I wholeheartedly agree on Italy's new stance on tourism.
I am from Treviso and I agree with the Venice fee. About time!!
We’re in Italy for the moment. It’s crazy to see the cities in the off-season and then during the tourist season.
I agree; some tourists don't know how to respect other country's laws
I consider myself a traveler vs a tourist. I truly appreciate the culture, history, and heritage of every place I visit, but I don't blame Italy, Greece, Spain etc. Tourists are destroying these places, and I'd rather see them preserved even if it also means restrictions for me. People from other countries don't respect the rules and customs of the places they visit, refuse to learn any of the languages, and they'll go to places with some of the best cuisines and order chicken strips... carving names into the ancient architecture... it's terrible.
How about this for a suggestion. We all stay home and just twiddle our thumbs so we can let only @BadGyaMonie travel so he is not bothered by the rest of us.
@@WyldStallion-bs9oo no, è vero. Il problema è che l'educazione e il rispetto per il paese che visitiamo e che ci ospita dovrebbe essere una regola, invece, non lo è. C'è chi si tuffa nei canali dai ponti a Venezia o fa il bagno nelle fontane delle varie città, chi sfregia il Colosseo per scrivere le sue iniziali come un bambino dell'asilo, chi urla per strada a tutte le ore del giorno e della notte senza pensare che il giorno successivo c'è chi deve andare a lavorare, non ci sono solo i turisti. Distruggono ubriachi gli alloggi che li ospitano... E così via. Non tutti i turisti sono così maleducati, ovviamente. Anch'io ho viaggiato tanto all' estero, ma ho sempre rispettato il paese e le persone del luogo. Ho sempre chiesto informazioni per non sbagliare, ecc.
Same in Japan, Kyoto is currently being overrun by self-entitled unruly tourists.
Japan has 35 million less tourist than Italy, not close to the same.
Believe me in any Italian city there are far more tourists than in kyoto
@@lucaluca1780 Japan has a much higher population density though with more than 330/sq km unlike Italy with 200/sq km so they don't need to have much people to cause a oeoblem
@spaniardsrmoors6817 it is if all tourists gather in one city only. For correct equation you need to compare cities, not countries
@@Andizu1 it's the same, maybe worse
I've only been to Italy once, about 25 years ago. So glad I went when I did. No smart phones and obnoxious selfies. Tourists were generally pretty respectful.
Guest or self centered annoyance. Countries have a right to decide which they wish to welcome and travelers have a responsibility to realize the world is not their theme park.
After decades of waving them in
@Brightlight-bd9jc You will? You the President/Dictator? lol
Japan did the same like years ago
Ditto with ELECTIONS and Colonialism n imperialism too!!rascal rogue western nations get preachy
@@user-pv2xy1og8h Oi Chinese IT cell.Get a life! No one in subcontinent keeping strict watch on tourists.They are allowed to visit anywhere. Including the holy places. Stop spamming same msg everywhere
Bravo Italia, Bravo!
The local people should be protected of course
But who is really to blame..?
The local administration, that’s who.
They welcomed massive tourism to boost the economy and in turn have shot themselves in the foot by over demand.
Naturally, the local people have the right to live without so many tourists and uncivil behaviour.
However, if the local administration had not handed out so many licenses for airBnB and controled the influx of tourists at peak time, we would not be having this problem today in Spain and France as well.
The selfies are so annoying.
We are missing etiquette and class, elegance. I remember those days from parents wnd grandparents.
Yes, so true. Very sad.
Yes. Contemporary casual clothing lacks class and elegance, per se. And most tourists act like they came from the boondocks (mountains)! Whenever I visited Old World cities, I always brought with me a White Tie ensemble, silk socks and Opera Pumps shoes, just because...
During 70s and 80s I worked in Rome for one month each year. Way back then it was a nightmare. I'd catch a bus, a tram, two trains and walk 20 min to a beach just to get away from the tourists.
Right? Now multiply that 10 times. Things have worsened the last three years. There's not even a "high season" anymore: it's the same all year round. I'm from Rome, and I loved walking around the city centre and sometimes going to St. Peter or the Pantheon, but now it's just impossible: there are huge queues at any hour and in any month. You can't take a stroll along Via del Corso as it is custom for Romans Saturday afternoon, you can't enjoy the beautiful sights or the art because of the crowds. I feel defrauded of my own city.
Many think that tourism is the main source of livelihood of the Italian economy, but it occupies a small percentage. The Italian economy is based on industry and exports, it is the second manufacturing and industrial country in Europe after Germany and the seventh in the world
African immigrants are the wealth of Itali
12% is not a small percentage, they have the worst cars and appliances in the world😅
And top 10 in economy, military, trading nation, millionaires, wealthiest citizens in the world
@@OtaBengaBokongo It's the BongoTROLL.
@@spaniardsrmoors6817 Africans are the future of Italy population
Chinese tourists drove me nuts in Venice !!
Yes they were extremely rude and self important. Ask other countries...they are the same wherever they tour 🇦🇺
a ban on self obsessed people, influencers and flip flops...i think Italy is where we need to be...good job Italiaaaaa
About bloody time. i spent a month in Italy about 5 years ago, mostly in & around Prato & popped into Florence a couple times of & there were way too many tourists & I thought this must piss off the locals no end. Also noticed locals wear sandals, not flips flops. Only saw East Asians, Indians, Africans & Australians wearing flip flops there.
I fully agree with Italy it’s should be implemented. It’s good for the tourist is good for the country. Bravo Italia.
Bravo 👏🏽 disrespectful people need to be held accountable.
They’re not “breaking up” with tourists, they’re just trying to maintain order and ensuring the fair access of locals to their own communities. If only Mexico could pay attention to this and do something with gentrification and the privatization of our own patrimony…
They do they drain the U.S.
My home...my rules. Behave properly
You don't own the country
@@VendieSolde, so does this mean that since no one owns the country anyone can come along and do as they please? Is it all right to carve your name or write it with an indelible marker on our monuments, jump in our fountains or chip off pieces of precious marble and take them home?
Everyone is welcome to see our wonders. All we ask for is respect.
Hurrah. People sitting on the Spanish Steps are really annoting. Likewise selfies.
Bella figura, Bella figura 😂. The Italian philosophy that everything should be attractive. Absolutely! Only the Italians would ban flip flops and I support them 💯!
The point of the flip flops is tourists wear them to go on hikes, so when they get stuck, they call the rescue services, you can imagine the waste of time and money for everyone!!! For once is not about fashion!
Thank goodness, been there done that already. Didn’t even bathe in the Trevi fountain. Be a good tourist or stay home. 😊
the flip flops is because of the hiking.... it's not safe! many tourists take some types of excursions lightly. The result is that the authorities increasingly have to provide assistance. In Italy the health and emergency system is free for every person, even for foreigners and tourists. Taking off a helicopter with a rescue team has a cost, this cost is paid by the community. When you tackle a mountain trail, you better be equipped. Otherwise you could get hurt or even die and the Italian authorities pay the economic cost.
Whatever Italy is charging them they should add a 50% idiot tax on top of it. Who TF goes on a mountain hiking trip with flip flops?
100% agree on the flip flops and rescue crews. Rescue for an accident is one thing but stupidity that everyone knows is stupid need to be stopped.
@@spondoolie6450Agree 👍
Are the flip flops what us Aussies call thongs? If so one would have to be nuts to wear them anywhere but backyard!🇦🇺
@@YvonneCreanyes Aussies thongs are flip flops
Good for Italy especially Venice, I have been there 3 times off season and it is always crowded and those giant cruise ships bring in too many people who do not spend much money there. They crowd up St Marks Square and this ban was a long time coming
They need to crack down on pickpockets and scammers!
Anche. 👍🏻
My pre paid guide and gondola boatman were rude when I visited 10 yrs back.. I feel they had no respect for the tourists even back then. What's the point of a beautiful country if the ppl are rude?
People talk about the benefits of tourism, but increasingly, as foreign investors buy up hotels and turn housing into B&Bs, the locals are relegated to waiting tables and cleaning rooms. In exchange, they find themselves priced out of local restaurants and crowded off of local beaches, etc.
International Corporate Tourism doesn't bring the kind of benefits tourism did 30 years ago when local residents owned the businesses making all the money.
If locals aren't profiting from tourism, having drunk rowdy tourists roaming the streets all night loses its appeal.
They're no longer tourists, they're invaders.
Crocs, flip flops in Italy is just ugly. And Venice is unbearable with day trippers dragging luggage through the streets. While these measures should help people who do sensible things, it
will dry up revenues.
Italy 🇮🇹 beautiful country
I lived in Italy 🇮🇹 Bolonga many times years
Travelled to Milan, Venice, Florence, Rome and Vatican City. and many cities in Italy 🇮🇹
My many relatives still live Italy 🇮🇹 as citizens and visa holders
Italy 🇮🇹 people are good and helpful and reliable and friendly
Sarath Dassanaike from Sri Lanka 😂
Great. Come to Australia, we are open. We don't have relics but we do have natural beauty.
And rude, arrogant, insulting Chinese tourists.Don't obey any written requests . They do as they damn well like.
Relics vs the 70% of the entire world art treasures 😂
I live downtown in a European capital. The whole neighbourhood has turned into airbnb apartments. Local renters are gone, businesses have gone out of business and now there are more tourists at the supermarket queue than locals. Tourists in flip flops or those hideous cork shoes (yeah, I know, they are comfortable but still HIDEOUS) who only shop for grilled cheese. This type of tourism does not support the local economy, only the person renting the airbnb apartment. If I never heard another suitcase roll in front of my building I would be happy. Tourism used to be a luxury. Tickets were expensive, lodging was expensive and I think we should go back to that time.
Bravo Italy 🇮🇹
I completely understand the confusion, misusing the word Tourist. The word is British! And I agree 100% on keeping them out!
Selfies and Flipflops...LOL
I just got back last week from a 10-day visit in Italy. It was marvelous. Their railway system is the best. I didn't get the impression that they were tired of tourists. On the contrary, it provides an important livelihood for many of them. They just need to manage the crowds better, especially during the peak seasons. Italians Need the tourists. Especially the South where unemployment is high. Italians from the South, come to find work in western Europe, so the country could still do with income-bringing tourists 😂. Anyway, I can't wait to visit Italy again. Viva Italia ❤ 🇮🇹 🎉
I'm in agreement. Just got back from Italy. And the main popular cities and attractions are a SS of tourists (like me) only I'm in and out. I don't loiter. I didn't sit on the Spanish steps (others did... plenty others- no tickets given). Rome was a SS. Forget Naples. Disgusting. Bari? Meh. Amalfi? Waaaay over hyped and insta over saturated photos. 2hrs that's all you'll need. Trust. Stick to small unheard of towns. I did. And it was way better imho. Anyway.. look, Italy is, if I'm being honest, overrated. Big time. After you see one cute small town with narrow alleys you've seen them all. Pizza? Everywhere. Gelato? Ya it was good. Worth the $2000 air fare + $2200 accommodations? I could do without. Look im not saying don't go. Go. But let's stop with the hype. Even the Italians are saying relax and stay away. Which is saying something.
Good review n i would tend to agree - add thefts, pick pockets n roadside romeos n it’s totally avoidable to visit Italy
Keep yakkkin' Italy's been a top tourist attraction for centuries, not just lately like most destinations. Books, poems written about it by the hundreds and the vast majority return.
@@anon7641 Thefts, pick pocketing are a scourge in every European country, it's 80% NON citizens.
@@anon7641 Those problems exist in every European country, 80% is by NON citizens.
One of the cradles of civilization diminished by a random user on RUclips who probably has no more than two years of studies behind them. Welcome to 2024.
Good idea. Preservation.
The same for the once beautiful Cotswolds in England!!! Over- tourism cripples this area - one thousand tourists all standing in the centre of Bkurton - on - the - Water around the shallow river running through it, asking - "So where is this famous peaceful Cotswolds"? Long queue to buy ice creams or a table to eat a cream tea, or find a seat in a pub for a drink or lunch. Food and drink bought in from wholesale deliverers - not locally sourced and cooked!!! Etc., etc. etc. Souvenirs bought in from different parts of the country, even "Made in China"!!!! The same for the Lake District!!!
AI was reading news.
Yap. So soulless...
Yup
Now that you mention it, it does sound like so mechanical
Good report. But I didn't like the AI voice.
Me too 😂
They have been adding it seems this week. I don't like it either, very flat.
razist
It's Lazy. Not to mention it'll cost someone their JOB!
I don't blame them. If you're going to Italy, go it January or February. Summer is horrible, packed with tourists. Either that, or pick less popular cities to visit.
Please , explain me why one can’t take selfie in Portofino?
There are sections of Venice where you can't move the tourist traffic is so bad. From Monday through Thursday the number tourists are far less. But come Friday through Sunday there are several areas to stay away from.
Becareful what you wish for. Last time they complained about tourist...covid hit. Then they complained about lost of revenue. Believe me, turn away that money...some other country will take it.
And soon it will be Campi Flegrei😅
I agree!! Never complain period!! Especially when the times are good!!! Because the bad times always come!! And you will pray to God to bring back the good times…
My sister owns a hotel, every time she says they were swamped, and she had to go help wash dishes in the restaurant ( she’s a hard worker!!). First thing I say Thank God, thank God!!! it was busy!!!
Always be grateful, even the bad times, because it can always be worse!!
I read they are limiting tourists in Mt. Fujy and Maccupichui. Also No more airbnbs in Lake Taho California.
The message is simple - we receive too much tourists and we are not happy with the numbers 😊
I just went in february & sat on the spanish steps. Was not aware it was illegal to.
You were one of the lucky ones not t be caught…..😊
People ruin beautiful things. Tourists, please go away.
Same thing up here in northern Wisconsin. Too many tourists who think they can do anything they want. The most mean and rude people that come up here are from Illinois and Minnesota. Please go spend your money someplace else.
I agree with that I visited with friends in Milan and took a train to visit other cities. I stayed in Air Bnbs that should have been family apartments. I didn’t visit Venice since it seems like a lovely tourist trap. I’d have loved to go there when it was during Covid. Tourists are too loud .
Glad I never had an interest in Italy. I'm fine by staying away and not crowding the sites.
We went to Europe in the early 90’s and you could hardly tell who were tourists and who wasn’t but we went back in 2013 and it was terrible and we didn’t go to large cities to get away from the tourists and we were tourists ourselves.
Spain doing the same thing
Bravo Italia. The right way. 👍
They want your money, well enough.
Good
Italy is ridiculous, they imposed a country tax and a venice tourist tax when visitors already pay a hotel tax, just ridiculous!
Excellent 👍
This is interesting and even cutting edge if pulled off correctly!
An opportunity to redefine the values one wishes to celebrate.
What's intriguing is that this brings about the importance of energy and the field it produces.
It's not about being against tourism, some tourists can be disruptive to the ecosystem that a space is known for. Simple example is a place of worship. One strives for Nobility, as they should.
👏 Bravo. A large amount of tourists are disrespectful and even rude.
I did the grand tour of Italy -- Venice, Rome, Florence, Lake Cuomo, Tuscany -- in September 2001 for three weeks. No crowds, no cruise ships, secret is not to visit in peak season, July or August. Weather was perfect in September. Our hotel was atop the Spanish steps. Reason why Spanish steps were so packed with sitters was because of all the guys oogling the Italian hotties navigating the ancient cobbled street dressed to the nines and wearing six inch spiked heels while eating a gelato.
I have ridden bike races in Italy, and I love it. The people are so lovely and support us 'foreign' riders. I hope they can sort out the tourist problem. Also, I drove an old Double Decker bus around the iconic cities of Italy on a campaign against cancer. (Contro il Cancro) I loved every minute.
I don't blame them, the locals need to be able to live their lives, bless their hearts! ❤
Here in India tourists flocking to the hills has become such a menace. The tourists are loud, boisterous and leave a trial of garbage behind. The only way is to tax them heavily
What state?
oh for sure india is right. it has lot of garbage of it's own.
@@leesteal4458 leh Ladakh
Himachal Uttarakhand ladakh kashmir all should push back
@@anon7641 There should be tourist registration process with fee available to all tourist
hill stations with a set number allowed each year. This way the numbers are checked and so also an even distribution of tourist to all the hill station
Italy was lower on my bucket list for travel before air travel was ruined in the past 4 years. Sorry, Italy. My tourism budget is ended. See you on the internet.
First post that Ai voice over lacks character, let a person do it please 😢
I like AI they are not racists
I see you Italy! Setting some healthy boundaries for your community!!
Makes sense to me I live in Portugal and it gets overrun in the summer
At my age, I am done with tourism. All I want to do these days is as little as possible on a beach and in the shade. I have been there, seen it, and avoided buying any T-shirts, horrendously expensive small glass objects, or contracting any nasty diseases and have no interest in going anywhere where more than just a few people wish to go. I have been living in or near London for 64 years and still to experience much of what London has to offer. I suffered 3 days in Venice 25 years ago. Even then everything was so expensive it turned out to be cheap. We brought nothing but two coffees. I am still trying to recover from the shock. As it was £12 plus tip for two coffees 25 years ago, I don't even wish to imagine what two coffees cost these days.
Come to London if you insist on going somewhere in Europe, Venice is just an enormous scam. We might eventually clean out your wallet but the Venetians will have the shirt off your back, as well, and you will still be hungry.
Italians won't like you especially if you are American and therefore dress with zero style. Especially Venetians will stop before you in the street while you are dressed in your best short pants, long white socks, ridiculous-looking tennis shoes, and sweaty T-shirt. Then look you up and down 3 times, shake a disapproving head in your direction, mutter to themselves "Stupidi Americani," or much worse, and if you are lucky they will only spit at your feet.
Having said that. If you finally tire of being looked at as if you are a badly dressed alien monster, try this in Venice.
Go into a coffee house or restaurant speaking loudly in an American Accent and suddenly all of the waiters and waitresses will be smiling at you. If you are an American this should come naturally.
"Native Italians do smile, after all," you may think to yourself.
These people love how Americans insist on tipping even after being charged $20 for a single coffee. Suffice it to say, if they discover they have somehow allowed a Brit in their lustrous establishment, they may never get served at all. The Venetians have never liked their potential victims to be able to sit down anywhere in Venice other than on a seat outside one of their infamous coffee houses.
The few occasions I’ve been able to travel as an American everyone thinks I’m European because I don’t behave like the Americans you describe. They humiliate me globally and I wish they would just stay at Disney or Vegas. I condemn them when I see them act this way. Which doesn’t make me many friends. Just chiming in because there’s a few of us that are actually humane.
Don't get it wrong, we love tourists, but in recent times we dealt we increasing vandalism and overcrowded cities which, in the end, make miserable the experience for both locals and the tourists. Greetings from Tuscany.
Its about time….too much is too much
As someone who is hoping to visit Italy in the future, I see these new “boundaries” as a way to make a visit more safe and enjoyable for all. I’ve been to places were unruly tourist have ruined to experience!
I have just been to Italy in April. Not peak season but still very crowded in Amalfi where we went for a day trip. I found it suffocating and couldn't help wondering what it must be like in July or August. But had a lovely trip, great food, people and history.
Bravo!
I WENT TO ITALY ONCE AND DIDNT LIKE IT, I WILL NOT GO AGAIN
For centuries decorum for Traveling abroad and respect of local culture has always been part of visiting a place, thos is good
I spent 2 weeks in Italy in October 2000. Rome, Florence and Venice. Loved it and since it wasn’t summer and also 24 years, hardly any tourists. It was wonderful. I would love to go back but I don’t think I would be able to take the crowds. I can see why the Italians patience are growing thin.
Bravo !! 🎉🎉🎉🎉
Just come back from Rome Italy it’s was just seriously packed with tourists massive queues
Just like Japan wanting to preserve Geisha Culture, I’m in favor of Italy doing something about disrespectful tourists behavior. If you’re traveling to another country it’s not HARD to be RESPECTFUL!
I'll never step in Italy anymore. we visit Italy to explore and take lovely pictures but we get fine? if I travel alone, selfie is the only solution. and assure us about safety from pick pockets too
We were on a cruise calling at Venice, there was a conflict between Tourism, and the City itself. You looked one way and it said= no more tourists, go home. You looked another and it said = Tourists welcome we need you! I can see both points of view. Restricting the size of ships is a good idea, but Cruise lines are ordering much larger ships. We were on the Cunard Queen Victoria and the Captain announced that as this could be one of the last visits, they were leaving the doors onto the foreword deck unlocked to enable us to take photos. This would happen at about 5am. It is so hard to strike a happy medium. No matter where we went, we would do our own thing, leaving the ship before most people had finished breakfast so places were very quiet but it was easy to see what would be the results if we had all got off at the same time! We were only late back once, by 1hr, but they had to wait as it was a ship organised trip!
Still have zero interest in visiting. Now even less interests.
I say the entire world needs this
It gets worse every year
Tourism is a double edged sword
I'm Italian on my father's family side and English on my mum side ..I'm agree with Italy overcrowding so limited it is good 👍👍
I don't blame them.
Because you’re already a rich country, that’s why! 😂
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Jackson Hole Wyoming needs this!
Just common sense. Some people behave like salvages when on holiday abroad.
Italy’s economy will take a nosedive if they are unfriendly to tourists and charge them for offenses that are so ridiculous.
Perfect! We have to all be more respectful! There has to be rules.