Protests take place in Venice against large cruise ships
Thousands of people have protested in Venice, calling for large ships to be banned from the city’s Giudecca canal.
The protest was held less than a week after MSC Opera crashed into a tourist boat, injuring four people.
An estimated 3,000 people marched through Venice in the demonstration organised by the No Great Ships movement.
The protestors say waves created by cruise ships erode the foundations of the city and the ships detract from the beauty of Venice’s historic sites, bringing in too many tourists.
"If we want to save Venice and the lagoon, we shouldn’t allow those liners to enter. It is terrifying just to see them," said one protester.
Following Sunday’s accident, Venice Mayor Luigi Brugnaro urged immediate action to open the alternative channel in the city, known as the Vittorio Emanuele III.
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Lisa joined Travel Weekly nearly 25 years ago as technology reporter and then sailed around the world for a couple of years as cruise correspondent, before becoming deputy editor. Now freelance, Lisa writes for various print and web publications, edits Corporate Traveller’s client magazine, Gateway, and works on the acclaimed Remembering Wildlife series of photography books, which raise awareness of nature’s most at-risk species and helps to fund their protection.
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