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Be Respectful or Face a Fine in Venice
A while back, I wrote about vendors in Venice jacking up the price of goods for rude tourists. Now it appears as if the people of Venice are taking it a step further and implementing fines for tourists who don't respect the rules of the city. And these fines can range from 25 to 500 euros -- ouch! The city is being patrolled by t-shirted stewards who will alert police if the rules are broken. So far, 100 tourists have been fined. Punishable crimes include laying out food, walking about bare-chested or treating the Grand Canal like a beach, and implementing fines is the city's effort to uphold its image as a mecca of fine art and sophistication. Still, I don't see what's wrong with having an innocent picnic every now and then ...
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Paul Sep 17th 2007 8:27PM
They've fined 100 tourists? They might change their minds when people stop visiting.
DJK Sep 18th 2007 12:13AM
I somehow don't think Venice will miss the few hundred less tourists that will re-think visiting because of this.
Sam Oct 9th 2007 10:13PM
Venice's canals smell like toilets and they have mosquitos there, they should do themselves a favor and bury it, and let's be practical, include New Orleans!