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[–] ms_lane@lemmy.world 17 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I hope they can reinvent themselves, but what industry does Venice even have outside petrochemical refineries on the mainland?

[–] flamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyz 21 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I don't think it will ever completely remove tourism, but the current approach is going to ruin the tourist industry too.
There's nothing left in the old city any more, it's all tourism. And who's going to come to visit a bunch of overpriced souvenir shops on an island?

[–] psx_crab@lemmy.zip 9 points 1 day ago

Do note that the city is sinking due to how and where they build the whole city, and tourism is accelerating the demise of it. So overtourism will kill the city one way or another.

[–] fizzle@quokk.au 4 points 23 hours ago

For some tourists that is exactly the objective.