Express UK:Venice tourist crackdown SPREADS across Italy - Anger as Capri and Garda near ‘EXPLODING’
The Island of Capri wants to follow Venice in bringing in crowd control measures, which saw the installation of check points in some of the most congested parts.Venice increased its tourism crackdown:
The mayor of the island just off Naples said with two million tourists a year the destination could “explode” from the weight of visitors.
Hotels and B&Bs on the island had already reached 90 percent for the first long weekend of the high season leading the Capri Mayor Gianni De Martino to reconsider how the town manages the flow of tourists.
He said: “The problem is not the turnstiles, but to find a system and a host organisation at the port and at Marina Grande capable of managing the remarkable tourist flows in our territory in an orderly and adequate manner without creating overcrowding.”
Over the Sardinia Day holiday this weekend Venice installed metal barriers to divert tourists down less populated alleyways so workers and locals didn’t have to continuously dodge tour groups and visitors with bulky suitcases.Locals still aren't happy:
This move brings Venice closer to limiting the number of tourists allowed to enter the lagoon city, which currently sees 25 million visitors a year.
However, checkpoints were immediately removed by protestors after demonstrating against the mass influx of tourists.Italy's stock market is near a post-2008 high. Social mood is positive at the moment.
They had been installed overnight but furious locals tore them down.
One protestor said: “It's not the mayor who owns the city. It's not the police and not the tourists either. It's the people living in Venice.
The 5-Star Movement is calling for new elections.
Reuters: Italy's 5-Star calls for snap election after govt talks flounder
“At this point for me there is no other solution. We have to go back to the polls as soon as possible,” Luigi Di Maio said on Facebook, blaming center-left and center-right parties for refusing to negotiate with 5-Star.Who is rising in the polls? The nationalist League and nationalist 5-Star:
“Another election increases the probability of a League/5-Star government, which is the least market friendly outcome,” said Rabobank’s Lyn Graham-Taylor.Bet early and bet often against globalism.