Tourism ebbs in flood-hit Venice with hotel bookings down 45%

Last month, the northern Italian city of canals was hit by the highest tide in more than 50 years, with tourists wading through flooded streets to seek shelter as a fierce wind whipped up waves in St. Mark's Square.

"Since mid-November, following a historic flood, we have seen an unprecedented drop of bookings. This did not even happen after the attacks on the Twin Towers," said Vittorio Bonacini, chief of the Association of Venetian Hoteliers during a press conference. But he said Venice is more than a meter above sea level and that when people speak of a 1.30 metre high tide, the reality is the water level is only 30 centimetres and only in some parts of the old city.

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Tourism ebbs in flood-hit Venice with hotel bookings down 45 per centROME (AFP) - Fears of more unprecedented flooding in Venice has brought hotel reservations down by 45 per cent, the city's hoteliers association said on Friday (Dec 20).. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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