• Flying Squid@lemmy.worldM
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    7 months ago

    I went to Venice in the 80s and it was trashed. The canals were filled with garbage. Tourists treated it like their personal property.

    I can’t even imagine what it must be like now.

    • WillySpreadum@lemmy.world
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      7 months ago

      Having visited in 2019, it was incredibly clean. They charged just a standard transient occupancy tax of I wanna say a few euros a day. But that’s multiplied by 24 million annual visitors staying for multiple nights each. I need to read this article when I get home and see what the new funds are earmarked for, because I remember being happy with everything from cleanliness to safety to transit while I was there.