Sunday 1 February 2009

Venice launches tourist website


By Mark Duff
BBC News, Milan



About 15m tourists visit the sights of Venice every year
Venice has gone online, in an effort to reconcile the conflicting demands of mass tourism and its uniquely delicate, and watery, urban environment.

The Italian city lives on tourism, but some fear it could die of it too. Each year 15m people traipse through its narrow streets and along its canals.

The tourists bring money but also problems - at peak season the city virtually grinds to a halt.
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