Re:Venice to introduce entry tickets and fees
by pm90 on Thursday July 07, 2022 @01:19AM
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> It must have been an incredible place in the 13th and 14th centuries, long before tourism economics turned it into a place to visit and not a place to live.
Trade routes and power centers were so different then, a different world. It likely will never reach that level of prosperity through non-tourism based economy.
In a way, it’s probably for the best. Italy doesn’t have a rapidly expanding population that needs more housing or denser urban centers. Freezing the cities as they are (and funding more research and archaeological digs) is probably the best outcome.
Trade routes and power centers were so different then, a different world. It likely will never reach that level of prosperity through non-tourism based economy.
In a way, it’s probably for the best. Italy doesn’t have a rapidly expanding population that needs more housing or denser urban centers. Freezing the cities as they are (and funding more research and archaeological digs) is probably the best outcome.
I guess it must suck as a resident though.