Travel writer Jan Morris described Venice as ‘this God-built city’. I’ve always wanted to go, but some residents would rather I didn’t. With global tourism set to double by 2050, I don’t blame them.
Every place has a capacity for the number of tourists it can support. Super popular places like Venice will have to limit numbers. There are already too many people taking in the views from St Mark’s Square or the Rialto Bridge at one time, too many daytrippers flooding in, too many short-term holiday lets instead of houses for local people, and too many cruise tourists arriving en masse yet spending very little in the short hours they stay.
