Tide turns against tourists in Venice

Name: Tide turns against tourists in Venice
Uploaded: 2012-09-06T07:02:27.000Z
Duration: 2 min 38 s
Description: It is estimated that every year around 20 million visitors come to Venice, but some say that is too many.

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It is estimated that around 20 million visitors go to Venice each year.

Tourism is flourishing, with large cruise ships docking at the historic city.

Many Venetians are not happy with this surge in tourism and have started a campaign against the cruise ships.

Alan Johnston reports.

Europe

6 September 2012