Buongiorno from Venice, Venice is visited by 21,000,000 people every year. They come on trains, ships, buses and cars to a city that has only water on which to travel, so the cars, trains, buses and ships are left at the gateway of the city. There are no cars, trucks, motorcycles or forklift trucks in Venice just boats and people power. 60,000 people are local residents here in Venice; these people share their home with the 21 million visitors each year. Every visitor consumes food and drink, produces waste and requires bed linen and towels when they stay. All of these items are carried into the city on boats and transferred to the hotels, restaurants and café’s by people power, over bridges with steps up and down and small walkways and narrow alleyways. Speaking only for
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