When the world's got a crush on you
05 October 2016 - 09:52
It was bound to be explosive: a town of 55,000-odd inhabitants - living along narrow, twisting alleyways; going about their business in transport severely limited by the geography of the place - besieged each day by an influx of 70,000 or more visitors, well over half of whom are day-trippers. "At any time after 9am, the vast majority of the people you see on the streets of Venice are tourists.
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