{"id":16242,"date":"2020-02-12T14:17:57","date_gmt":"2020-02-12T14:17:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.travelcenter.uk\/?p=16242"},"modified":"2020-07-03T06:42:54","modified_gmt":"2020-07-03T05:42:54","slug":"over-tourism-venice-to-track-down-mobile-phones-of-tourists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.travelcenter.uk\/blog\/over-tourism-venice-to-track-down-mobile-phones-of-tourists\/","title":{"rendered":"Over-tourism: Venice to track down mobile phones of tourists"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p style=\"color:#000000\" class=\"has-text-color has-text-align-justify\"><strong>The phenomenon<\/strong> of over-tourism\ntrends due to overcrowding in several tourists\u2019 destinations, <strong>affecting the\nlocal community<\/strong> as a result of nuisance activities\u2014 alienated residents, a\ndegraded tourist experience, overloaded infrastructure, damage to nature, or\nthreats to culture and heritage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#000000\" class=\"has-text-color has-text-align-justify\">Amongst those destinations, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.travelcenter.uk\/holidays\/europe\/italy\/venice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Venice (opens in a new tab)\"><span style=\"color:#0693e3\" class=\"tadv-color\">Venice<\/span><\/a><\/strong> stands on the top as one of the most traditional cities in the world and dominating one of the most active ports in southern Europe (Seraphin, Sheeran, and Pilato, 2018). According to the <strong>UNESCO 2018<\/strong>, Venice issued to be the uniquely consolidated destination of nature and culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#000000\" class=\"has-text-color has-text-align-justify\">Henceforth, the local authorities tightened its laws and increased the technical security standards further. They assume it would help to<strong> track down and observe its visitors&#8217; nuisance activities and movements<\/strong> by using mobile phone signals, cameras, and sensors.  Moreover, the authorities are experimenting with a people-counting tool to detect people to identify adults or children during the carnival of the city, which held from February 8-25\u2014 one of the busiest periods in Venice. <strong>The system also traces mobile phone data<\/strong> to recognize the arrival and departure of the commuters and visitors of the city. The local council declared respect for privacy during the analysis. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"has-text-color wp-block-heading\" style=\"color:#000000\"><strong>Venice tourism councillor Paoloa Mar<\/strong> said,<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><em><span style=\"color:#000000\" class=\"tadv-color\">&#8220;The system will use a mix of sensors, cameras, and Wi-Fi to constantly monitor the situation with a data release every 25 hundredths of a second.&#8221;<\/span><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#000000\" class=\"has-text-color\">She continued,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><em><span style=\"color:#000000\" class=\"tadv-color\">&#8220;In this way, we can predict at what time pedestrians will arrive at a certain critical point and divert them to another area in advance, so as not to clog or block pedestrian traffic.&#8221;<\/span><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#000000\" class=\"has-text-color has-text-align-justify\">The local council redeclared the public sensor will only detect shapes of persons for crowd control purposes, and it will not breach individual privacy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"has-text-color wp-block-heading\" style=\"color:#000000\"><strong>Council spokesman<\/strong> also said,<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><span style=\"color:#000000\" class=\"tadv-color\">&#8220;The project will also make it possible to intercept the data of mobile phones and to know the origin of the people, <strong>in absolute respect for privacy.<\/strong>&#8220;<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#000000\" class=\"has-text-color has-text-align-justify\">Nonetheless, approximately 30 million tourists visit Venice each year, and the city is <strong>escalating new methods and systems<\/strong> to concern the city&#8217;s health and safety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"has-text-color wp-block-heading\" style=\"color:#000000\"><strong>Over-tourism facts in Venice<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#000000\" class=\"has-text-color has-text-align-justify\">The rated attractions belong to Venice are the Palazzo Ducale, Teatro La Fenice, Canal Grande, Doge\u2019s Palace, Venetian Artisans, Basilica di San Marco, St. Mark\u2019s Square, Ponte di Rialto, and Gioielleria Eredi Jovon. Therefore; the <strong>cultural heritage<\/strong> <strong>of <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.travelcenter.uk\/venice-la-serenissima-travel-blog\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Venice (opens in a new tab)\"><span style=\"color:#0693e3\" class=\"tadv-color\">Venice<\/span><\/a><\/strong> and its recognition acknowledges tourists\u2019 interest worldwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#000000\" class=\"has-text-color has-text-align-justify\">Followed by the statistic report during\n2018-2019 of the European parliament; numerical figures resembled as follows,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#000000\" class=\"has-text-color\"><strong>Inhabitants in Venice: 260,000<\/strong><br><strong>Tourist arrivals in Venice&nbsp;: 24,000,000<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#000000\" class=\"has-text-color\">Comparing to the size of the city of 415 km\u00b2, it is about 158.4 visitors per square-kilometre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"has-text-color wp-block-heading\" style=\"color:#000000\"><strong>Main Impacts<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><span style=\"color:#000000\" class=\"tadv-color\"><strong>The Anti-tourism protests <\/strong>&#8211; Most of the residents are vandalizing the segregation checkpoints, which installed to control the tourist&#8217;s check-ins.<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><span style=\"color:#000000\" class=\"tadv-color\"><strong>The high number of tourists per resident<\/strong> &#8211; Per day Venice receives 60,000 visitors while its population is approximately about 55,000.<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><span style=\"color:#000000\" class=\"tadv-color\"><strong>Traffic and public transport congestion &#8211; <\/strong>The tourists request high demands from Venice&#8217;s infrastructure.<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><span style=\"color:#000000\" class=\"tadv-color\"><strong>Gentrification<\/strong> &#8211; Residents sold houses to modify as restaurants, and Venice is becoming a global cosmopolitan city with it loses of intimate character.<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><span style=\"color:#000000\" class=\"tadv-color\"><strong>Crime and vandalism<\/strong> &#8211; Tourist activities cause many property damages in the Historical City.<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"has-text-color wp-block-heading\" style=\"color:#000000\"><strong>The future of over-tourism<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#000000\" class=\"has-text-color has-text-align-justify\"> According to the overall general statistics report of the<strong> European Parliament<\/strong>, recent growth stands at a low percentage of 3%. Most likely, over-tourism will reduce to a weaker impact on Venice as a heritage destination. However, council <strong>propositions might increase the outcome of preventive measures<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The phenomenon of over-tourism trends due to overcrowding in several tourists\u2019 destinations, affecting the local community as a result of nuisance activities\u2014 alienated residents, a degraded tourist experience, overloaded infrastructure, damage to nature, or threats to culture and heritage. 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