Tagged: Venice

At a meeting of the Comitatone (big committee) for strategic matters relating to Venice, hosted in Rome on 7 November by the minister for infrastructures, Graziano Delrio, a decision was taken that would keep all but the biggest cruise ships docking in the port of Venice while providing them with a route that would not lead through Venice. (theartnewspaper.com)

The Italian government has again moved to ban large cruise ships from docking near St. Mark’s Square in Venice, adding to a years-long battle over the issue. (cruisecritic.com)

Relations between locals and tourists hit a new nadir in Venice this week. The latest pantomime villains? A group of Belgians who thought it would be a good idea to go for a swim in the Grand Canal. (telegraph.co.uk)

With 2,000 Venetians reportedly moving away from the city each year, some local Venice political activists say their iconic lifestyle along the famed canals is deteriorating. (travelagentcentral.com)

Venetians have voted in favour of banning giant cruise ships from the city’s lagoon, saying they disgorge too many tourists and damage the environment. (telegraph.co.uk)

The Board of Directors of Venezia Terminal Passeggeri (VTP) has appointed Galliano Di Marco as the new Director General of the company. He will work with Sandro Trevisanato, who has been confirmed as VTP President. (cruisebusiness.com)

Hundreds of demonstrators have taken to the water in Venice to protest against visiting cruise ships, as relations between tourists and locals reach a new nadir. (telegraph.co.uk)

“Of course, the best thing for the environment would be to do nothing,” says Paolo Costa, the president of the Venice Port Authority (VPA), who nonetheless is lobbying hard for a large channel, 120m wide at its maximum, to be dredged through the lagoon to enable the cruise ships to enter the Marittima port in Venice by a back route, thereby eliminating their passage through the town. (theartnewspaper.com)