Elizabeth Minchilli EATING MY WAY THOUGH ITALY February 2019 Newsletter There’s been so much in the news recently about tourism in Italy. There is no denying that certain parts of Italy - like the historic centers of Rome, Florence and Venice - are over crowded to the point of making them seem more like Disneyland than cities where real people live and work. Figuring out a solution is a complicated task, since you can’t tell people not to come. Some sort of tax seems like a good approach, but when the city of Venice proposed an ‘entry fee’ (which is really just a tourist tax called by another name)
February News from Elizabeth Minchilli in Rome
February News from Elizabeth Minchilli in…
February News from Elizabeth Minchilli in Rome
Elizabeth Minchilli EATING MY WAY THOUGH ITALY February 2019 Newsletter There’s been so much in the news recently about tourism in Italy. There is no denying that certain parts of Italy - like the historic centers of Rome, Florence and Venice - are over crowded to the point of making them seem more like Disneyland than cities where real people live and work. Figuring out a solution is a complicated task, since you can’t tell people not to come. Some sort of tax seems like a good approach, but when the city of Venice proposed an ‘entry fee’ (which is really just a tourist tax called by another name)