REPORTAGE
"Venice is not in Italy, Venice is with anyone." If Serge Reggiani saw the city on which he sang these words now, he would probably not say the same thing. Because Venice today is with the Venetians and no one else. The gondolas are moored. The cobblestones of Saint Mark's Square are completely deserted. The rain does not help, of course, but even tourists from the region have not yet returned. A strange feeling fills the narrow alleys, that of being out of time or in another time.
"Very little trade really intended for the Venetians"
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Here, the locals lived without tourists for three months. For Arielle, a French woman living in the city, this period is an opportunity to become aware. "When the shops started to reopen, in fact there were very, very few shops really intended for the Venetians. A lot of iron curtains remained closed on shops which are absolutely useless: junk, sweets, things that are absolutely useless ", she tells the microphone of Europe 1.
Conditions for the return of outstanding tourists
"Finally, the businesses we need here are very few. We realized that we no longer had a grocery store, no more fish merchants, that we had very, very few food shops in when we are still in a country where food is a religion. "
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Venice, where tourism represents almost 100% of the economy, is now asking itself the question of when they will return. And especially under what conditions. Because many here argue for more reasonable tourism, with fewer large cruise ships and less pollution.