Roz
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Rather depressing op-ed piece in the NY Times today. Apparently UNESCO is about to strip Venice of its world heritage status because of the tourist-related problems we probably all are familiar with -- and because the Italian government apparently refuses to do anything to try to fix them.
For example:
"After the shipwreck of the Costa Concordia in January 2012 off the coast of Tuscany left 32 people dead, the Italian government ruled that megaships must stay at least two miles from shore to prevent similar occurrences in the future. But the Italian government, predictably, failed to stand up to the big money promised by the tourist companies: A loophole to that law was created just for Venice."
For example:
"After the shipwreck of the Costa Concordia in January 2012 off the coast of Tuscany left 32 people dead, the Italian government ruled that megaships must stay at least two miles from shore to prevent similar occurrences in the future. But the Italian government, predictably, failed to stand up to the big money promised by the tourist companies: A loophole to that law was created just for Venice."