VENICE, May 15 — On Venice’s famous St Mark’s Square, even the pigeons have disappeared. There are no tourists to feed them, so why bother hanging around? Chased away by the coronavirus, the city’s foreign visitors have abandoned one of Italy’s most beloved cities, and many locals...
A gondola sails at sunset on the Grand Canal in front of the Palazzo Ducale, Doge’s Palace in Venice. — AFP pic
“Without tourists, Venice is a dead city,” Mauro Sambo, a 66-year-old gondolier who has been working on the Serenissima canals since 1975, told AFP. In Italy, tourism accounts for 13 per cent of GDP and 15 per cent of jobs, but the economy of the so-called City of Canals is even more dependent on this key sector.
On Wednesday, the European Union called on its members to reopen their internal borders to prevent a collapse of the tourism sector. “The city has an economy based on tourism,” he said. “Maybe it’s a mistake, but we have no choice. Without tourists, we won’t get by!”Its maritime economy welcomed traders of all stripes, an openness that brought prosperity and prestige to the city.“Look at this basilica! It’s Byzantine in style, the bronze horses on the pediment were taken from Constantinople.
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