عربي English Türkçe اردو فارسى
Logo
Latest News
Varieties

Venice Cuts Size of Tourist Parties, Bans Loudspeakers

Stewards check QR codes outside the main train station in Venice earlier this month, during a pilot scheme aimed at limiting tourist numbers. Photograph: Luca Bruno/AP
Stewards check QR codes outside the main train station in Venice earlier this month, during a pilot scheme aimed at limiting tourist numbers. Photograph: Luca Bruno/AP
TT
TT

Venice Cuts Size of Tourist Parties, Bans Loudspeakers

Stewards check QR codes outside the main train station in Venice earlier this month, during a pilot scheme aimed at limiting tourist numbers. Photograph: Luca Bruno/AP
Stewards check QR codes outside the main train station in Venice earlier this month, during a pilot scheme aimed at limiting tourist numbers. Photograph: Luca Bruno/AP

Venice will limit the size of tourist parties to 25 people from Thursday in the latest attempt to reduce the impact of crowds on the lagoon city.

Local authorities will also ban the use of loudspeakers by tourist guides in measures aimed at “protecting the peace of residents” and ensuring pedestrians can move around more freely.

There will be fines ranging from €25-500 (£21-£422) for those who do not comply with the measures, which were originally planned to take effect from June but held over until the start of August, The Guardian reported.

The restrictions cover the city center and also the islands of Murano, Burano and Torcello.

In April, Venice became the first city in the world to introduce a payment system for visitors in an experiment aimed at dissuading daytrippers from arriving during peak periods.

 

Most Viewed

 
 
Varieties

Taylor Swift, Football Boost British Digital Publisher Daily Mirror Reach

Daily Mirror and Daily Express publisher Reach also owns scores of regional newspaper titles across the UK. Photograph: Yui Mok/PA
Daily Mirror and Daily Express publisher Reach also owns scores of regional newspaper titles across the UK. Photograph: Yui Mok/PA
TT
TT

Taylor Swift, Football Boost British Digital Publisher Daily Mirror Reach

Daily Mirror and Daily Express publisher Reach also owns scores of regional newspaper titles across the UK. Photograph: Yui Mok/PA
Daily Mirror and Daily Express publisher Reach also owns scores of regional newspaper titles across the UK. Photograph: Yui Mok/PA

Taylor Swift's Eras tour, the European soccer championship and the UK election boosted digital revenue for British news publisher Reach in its second-quarter, reversing a decline in the first.

The publisher of the Daily Mirror, Daily Express and regional titles and associated websites cut cost to improve its margin by 3.9 points, resulting in a 23% rise in first-half operating profit to 44.5 million pounds ($57.1 million).

According to Reuters, revenue fell 5.2% to 265 million pounds, reflecting double-digit declines in print advertising in both the first and second quarters. Digital revenue, however, rose 6.7% in the second quarter after falling 8.5% in the first.

Chief Executive Jim Mullen said: "Alongside our expertise in managing our print product, we have traded our digital assets hard and delivered an operating margin improvement."

He said the group was delivering multi-platform journalism, with 9 million people signed up to receive news direct to their devices, including by WhatsApp.

"We had that three week burst with the Euros, the election and the phenomenon that is Taylor Swift," he said on Wednesday.

"But also some of the traditional advertisers are going through a purple patch, so food retail helped print, but it also helped digital," he added.

Shares in the company rose 1.2% in morning deals.