U1 - Venice Case Study

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Why are there more tourists globally?

Increasing leisure time and disposable income

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What is Venice?

Made of 118 small islands in 3 square miles

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What is the population of Venice?

55,000 in the historical island city

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What types of hotspots does Venice experience?

Tourism hotspot & diurnal hotspot (when there are high levels of tourists at a certain time of the day)

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How many tourists daily?

110,000

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How many tourists in a year?

30 million

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What is the most famous bridge in Europe?

The Rialto Bridge at the centre of Venice. (Also the highest area in the lagoon.)

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What attracts tourists?

Architecture, food, canals, theatres, boat trips, budget flights, famous festivals and filming destinations (james bond, spiderman)

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What are the three main impacts of tourism?

Social, economic and environmental

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How much does tourism contribute to the gross revenue yearly?

2 billion euros

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How many jobs does tourism support?

70,000 jobs

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How much does it cost to live in Venice?

Cost of living is increasing. It only costs 20% less than to live in New York

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How many Venetians are protesting against cruise ships?

2000 in a month

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By how much has the population dropped since WW2?

Dropped from 175,000 to 55,000 (2000 leaving each year)

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What is the main canal cruiser ships pass through.

The Giudecca canal with cruisers passing 4-5x a day.

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What accident happened?

The MSC Opera Cruiser lost control and crashed into a dock injuring 5 tourists.

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What types of pollution are there?

Visual, light and water pollution.

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What effect are the cruiser ships having in Venice?

Eroding the cities foundations, increasing the speed of sinking/ flooding.

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How expensive are flights?

45 euros with budget airlines like EasyJet & Ryanair. 2 hour fight from any European country

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How many flights in July 2022?

9900 flight took off or landed in Venice

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Most _______ port it Italy

Polluted

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Does tourism benefit or ruin Venice?

Both

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Who is being affected?

Government, locals and tourists

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Opinion?

Suffering more socially because if the increasing number of depopulation because of mass tourism and erosion because of cruiser ships.

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Format?

Introduction, paragraph 1 - social and economic, paragraph 2 - environment, conclusion

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