Recently Istat, the Italian national statistics bureau explains that 5.6 million US citizens come to Italy every year, with July being the most preferred month for these tourists to visit this country. Even though in Italy, Americans account for only …

Luigi Brugnaro the mayor of Venice has announced that the city will be postponing its new tourist tax for a year. An entry fee of up to€10 was to be introduced from July 1, 2020.   The Italian city has …

Sebastian Fagarazzi was on foot from the bus terminus at Piazzale Roma to Cannaregio, his home district at lunchtime on Wednesday when he saw two tourists coming towards him, suitcases in hand, ready to escape the city.   “They were …

Costa Cruises Costa Luminosa will join Costa Fascinosa and Costa Pacifica in South America during the winter of 2020-2021. This is supposed to help boost the cruise line’s capacity in the region.     As per the schedule, Costa Luminosa …

After a prolonged battle between residents and ocean liner companies, Venice will be banning cruise ships from its historic centre.     The city is already struggling due to overtourism and cruise ships were a long term bane for Venice. …

The local tourism officials of Venice said that the planned new tourist entry fee has been put off from September 1st to January 1st next year. The delay was “unavoidable”, according to city councillor Michele Zuin, following months of discussions between city hall and tourism operators.

The country’s interior minister said that the death toll in Italy’s historic flooding has gone up to 29. The Interiors Minister Matteo Salvini mentioned that twelve were dead in Sicily while having dinner and were swept up by the water. …

About 70 per cent of Venice is underwater as per a news channel. The high tide reached a maximum of over five feet above the sea level. It is considered the fourth-highest level ever recorded and the highest since 2008. …

Venice and its 80,000 regular inhabitants have been groaning under the yoke of overtourism since long. As many as 30 million travellers rush to its famous canals every year, stressing the infrastructure. In order to safeguard this tourist destination from …

Venice, Europe’s most populous destination is to employ unprecedented crowd control measures to separate international tourists from locals as the Europe’s major World Heritage city braces for a busy bank holiday weekend.     The tourists are trying to reach …