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Veneziano di nascita. Nel 1966 i miei genitori (avevo 6 anni) si trasferiscono a Mestre. 3/4 dei miei parenti abitavano ancora a Venezia. Oggi non ci abita più nessuno. Tutti in terraferma o morti. La vecchia casa di famiglia l'ho venduta nel 2013 quando è venuta a mancare mia madre . Era vuota e cadeva a pezzi ma per mia madre era qualcosa di sentimentalmente importante e voleva tenerla. La vendetti ad un mestrino (anche lui ex veneziano). Pensavo ci andasse ad abitare..l'ha fatta diventare un B&B. L'ultima volta che sono stato a Venezia nel 2022 mi è venuta una malinconia assurda. Non voglio tornarci mai più. Se vuole, mia moglie milanese ci torni con le sue amiche. Io non voglio metterci più piede.

Loved this video for its honest depiction of how tourism is forcing Venetians to leave their homes as it is becoming expensive by the day. It was painful to know that Matteo, such a distinguished looking gentleman who was once the manager of a hotel is now the night watchman of a hotel. This video is tinged with sadness as one witnesses its heritage being trampled over ...as an example a theatre of great grandeur is now functioning as a supermarket. How painful it is to see this cultural transition . What is this demon which makes people addicted to greed? Chiara is doing something wonderful , protecting the heritage of her beautiful city by restoring abandoned homes and giving them the dignity they deserve. No doubt , its eternal beauty attracts millions of travel crazy tourists to Venice But they should remember , to respect this ancient city's traditions, history, heritage and culture and not crush its spirit or change its ethos..

Mi porta alle lacrime.

The same thing is happening in Athen's center and the Saronikos riviera... Thanks ARTE for the honest approach.

Grazia grazie … this is an honest heart felt film

Wonderful city,but I don't like cities that is full of tourist, it's terrible 😔

@solangelauthier2381

8 күн бұрын

Mass tourism deters you from visiting places/towns you would have lived otherwise.

The same thing is happening along the French Riviera also. People with money are buying up the apartments ( sometimes 2 or 3 at a time ) and renting them out to tourists. They stay empty in the winter and people that reside here year round cannot find yearly accomodations . Food has increased by 30% in one year and it is becoming increasingly difficult to live here permanantly.

So, who are the people profiting by renting out the entire city?..

@user-po3ko9yb5w

13 күн бұрын

The ones that have always owned and ruled the world

Vecio Matteo, sei un grande

Sono nata en Hawai'i ma al momento vivo a San Francisco. Me sento triste per i veneziani en questo video. Ammiro la loro resistenza y solidarietà.

Many Italians from the old Venice do not want to live there. The city is literally a museum; any changes are painfully monitored, so any renovations are expensive and long. Transporting the materials, products and anything there is a problem because you have really narrow pathways, and everything must be transported by boats or by hand (many bridges and staircases). Although Venice has a port and ship industry there is not much that the old city of Venice can offer, except tourism, artisan (and expensive) handmade products and food.

@user-og2wt3le4j

12 күн бұрын

I call Venice the "city of nice things". My ex gf lived there doing a glass blowing apprenticeship. She later moved to the UK. My friend did her jewelry design course at a college in Florence and continued learning in Venice. There are the museums, art, architecture, and food experiences. Lots of shops to buy things. But I don't think it is a place to raise children and plan a future. There are better cities in Italy to live. I like Florence, Bologna, Verona, and Torino. Milan is expensive and for the rich. Same with Como. Rome is also a tourist trap. Some are moving to the small towns where housing is cheap and they can raise a family. Finding good paying work is always an issue, but you can compromise and work at home now in many jobs.

Could someone explain that Venice is not only the main island of the commune of Venice, but that this touristic Venice is the old city of Venice! Venice has more than 250k inhabitants!

The same thing has happened in countless towns in the UK especially around the coasts where tourism has destroyed the local economy and housing opportunities for young local people. Much of the profit from tourism go into the pockets a minority that own the valuable resources (e.g properties/businesses). Local people have had to move away as they can no longer raise their families where they were raised. Employment is often low skilled, tourist related and disappears in Winter. Schools, hospitals and medical practices are closing down and the vitality of communities has been diminished. Farm workers, teachers, healthcare professionals etc often cannot afford the massively inflated property prices and rental charges. Normal shops are being closed and replaced by restaurants, cafes, souvenir etc

There are many reasons to live in Venice. I have two friends who live there. It is very clean compared to other European cities. The locals are nice. Many workers commute to the city and live elsewhere. It is not a city to live if you are old. There are virtually no cars and people walk everywhere. The water taxis help, but be prepared to walk on steps, over bridges, on hard surfaces. There are tourists which leads to crowds every weekend, more in the summers. And the cost of living varies depending on where you live. My friends pay 500 and 750 Euros for their nice size rentals. That's cheap compared to other cities in Europe. Some of the older houses are nice but cost an arm and leg to own. Food costs also vary. Eating at home is cheaper. Tourist trap restaurants will cost more. Locals tend to go to small family run places off the tourist trap areas. I hear the Italian government is trying to lower the number of tourists. But then again that is the bread and butter for many Venetian business owners.

The main problem that this video unveils is Overtourism. Overtourism is a rather big issues in many European towns but also in other towns on the globe. The European commission for travel and tourism recently brought up this issue more seriously, defining all related problems that do not impact only demographic but also climate change and criminality. Venice might rank just after Rome, Florence and Amsterdam or Barcelona that do face similar problems of overtourism. There is hardly a solution to this matter, due to an enormous amount of co-factors...let alone social networking and the new online booking platforms' empire that further overtourism for their profits and those of low cost airtransport that drive to Venice millions and millions of tourists per year.

The corruption in Italia - prevents it from saving Venezia for the Venetian’s … those Venetians that are rental tourista… would be chosen from a lotto … to rent to locals only.. at a decent & fair price. Keep Venezia alive for real local life . Limit the tourist… Step up Italian government….

A Venise, comme dans d autres villes (Lecce, Syracusa/Ortygia etc en Italie - et la même chose dans d autres pays) il n y a plus de « vraie vie » : plus de boulanger, de boucher etc. Rien que des restaurants (ave des menus en 4 langues !), des marchands de souvenirs etc. Sans parler de la foule. Tout est gâchė, on n a plus envie d y aller. Dommage.

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The hotel night watcham says the hotel "doubled his rent" does that meant he rented a hotel room?

This is what capitalism does to places, only Venice looks more extreme. No rules. You're welcome if you can pay. No concern for the environment. It's yours if you can pay for it.

Hallo, mein familie kommen aus Baden-Württemberg. I can speak perfect english. Plus some spanish from mexico, Hola mi amigos, mejame estaban. Never been to italy but I heard there is many different italian accents. I understand german. Buorno giorno fortunato l'opportuno

Non ho ancora finito di vedere il video ma da italiana mi chiedo come possa Venezia non essere una città turistica! Non ci si può lamentare di questo, casomai servono politiche intelligenti per gestire abitanti e turismo, come succede in milioni di città nel mondo!

@user-og2wt3le4j

12 күн бұрын

Much of Europe and the UK have become tourist cities. Their major source of income come from tourism. Other less touristy cities are still expensive due to high taxes and high rents. I was recently in London and Paris. The locals told me how high the cost of living is. They are quickly becoming cities where only millionaires can afford to live well.

I remember when Castro said we'll throw all of the entrepreneurs and wealthy residents out of the country. Forget tourism I'll create a workers paradise he bragged. Today the country is in shambles. The beautiful city of Havana is a rotting corpse with the occasional1955 automobiles sputtering around the streets. Anyone who can has left. Criticize tourist but where would the city be without them? It's the same all over with high cost of living, especially in American cities. The western nations, even with all of their problems, must look pretty good to South Americans and Africans, they're flooding the borders everywhere and bringing their three or four children per family with them.

@LeahDyson-kq4bd

2 күн бұрын

The Mafia controlled Cuba also before Castro it was like las vegas

Hello from Bucharest, Romania- a huge underrated city in Europe:)

@LeahDyson-kq4bd

2 күн бұрын

Are Romanians related to Romans at all

Cette course au fric est encouragée par l'Union européenne, le commanditaire d'Arte.

So sad! Mass tourism creates a loss of identity of beautiful places as Venice. And also other major prejudices…Tourists are like grasshoppers 🦗:) We need less humans in this 🌍👍🏻

Hanno ragione i Veneziani

Tourism is surely not to blame, corruption is. How come there's no other economy besides tourism?

@francisdrake7060

13 күн бұрын

Lol please Google venetians artesans and industries 😂😂 Another tourist that is not needed. Go spend your money elsewhere.

@cineffect

13 күн бұрын

@@francisdrake7060 I know, but it's not enough to keep the economy afloat. I spend my money where I have fun, not stress. Provence and Tuscany are much nicer.

@alessandratrevisan7951

13 күн бұрын

@@francisdrake7060 Thank you for the attitude, exactly what we need to understand a complex problem and solve it 👌

I don't agree with the main idea of this video. Venice is an universal city of mankind now; I hope all habitants leave the town and it is conserved only for visitors. Moreover, native Venetians earn a lot of money with tourism by sales and rentals etc. No need for empty romantism. No one is unhappy with this situation.

@user-po3ko9yb5w

13 күн бұрын

Are you kidding? I cannot believe what you just wrote

@adyton

13 күн бұрын

@@user-po3ko9yb5w Why not? Do we all have to think alike?

@kendv4299

13 күн бұрын

Ridiculous statement. If they allow Venice to become a Disneyland for pure profit, then the 49,000 remaining citizens can at least be put on the payroll and be properly paid as employees. Venice is only the latest sad story of Mass Tourism. Loads of people swarming in to take a selfie and head on to the next location.

@nicolettastrada5976

13 күн бұрын

@@adytonyou talk like that because you aren’t Venetian

@adyton

13 күн бұрын

@@kendv4299 Sorry, quite a right statement. Those remaining 49.000 citizens are earning their lives by those tourists; you don't have to be mean to them; such a hypocrisy, take tourist money and then blame them for everything; I'm happy that local politicians don't agree with you.