Green Options » cruise liner http://greenoptions.com/tag/cruise-liner Posts tagged 'cruise liner' Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:06:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Big Cruise Liners Inundate the Venice Lagoon http://ecoworldly.com/2008/06/19/big-cruise-liners-inundate-the-venice-lagoon/ http://ecoworldly.com/2008/06/19/big-cruise-liners-inundate-the-venice-lagoon/#comments Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:06:36 +0000 Eva Pratesi http://ecoworldly.com/2008/06/19/big-cruise-liners-inundate-the-venice-lagoon/ Italy’s failure to apply EU directives is not only related to the garbage emergency in Naples. A recent article by Fulcro Pratesi, President of the environmental group Wwf Italy, makes a plea to save one of the most enchanting Italian cities from degradation. Summer is coming and big cruise liners are devastating the Venice lagoon creating a health hazard for residents.

Tourism has been part of the life of Venice for centuries; however, in the last years, the city has faced grave problems due to the tremendous volume of tourists each year. Residents say that whereas the centre of Venice was once full of shops selling ‘real things’ but now most shops sell souvenirs such as Merano glass and carnival masks.

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