Venice’s Turnstiles and 9 Other Tourism Trends This Week
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This week in tourism, two cities are nearing their breaking points. Venice is so desperate to manage crowds that it's resorted to theme park-like measures, and Cape Town is trying to delay the "Day Zero" of its water crisis.
Throughout the week we post dozens of original stories, connecting the dots across the travel industry, and every weekend we sum it all up. This weekend roundup examines tourism trends.
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>>For a city that's afraid of becoming a theme park, it's certainly starting to look more like one with turnstiles and fast passes to get in the door. The summer travel season is just starting to heat up: Venice Tourism Checkpoints Are a Sign of Europe’s Fractured Approach to Overtourism
>>The Cape Town water crisis has more to do with improper water management and inaccurate, inconsistent messaging than the city actually being in completely dire circumstances. That's why colla
