Venice, Italy, will limit the size of tour groups and take other measures beginning this summer to soften the impact of tourism on the local community.
The Italian travel hub known for its picturesque canals and ornate architecture has struggled to manage the millions of tourists that flock to the city each year, many just for the day.
Venice tourism councilor Simone Venturini said the new measures were “part of a broader framework of interventions aimed at improving and better managing tourism in Venice, thus guaranteeing a greater balance between the needs of those who live in the city, either as residents or as workers, and those who come to visit the city.”
The new municipal resolution will cap tour groups at 25 people — or roughly half of the passengers on a standard tour bus — and ban loudspeakers that “may cause confusion and disturbance,” the city said in a statement.
Set to take effect on June 1, the new rules will…
