Concerns about future, identity grow in Venice amid influx of tourists

Venice, Italy - With almost every street, bridge, historic building and canal bustling with tourists and gondolas, a locally traditional rowing boat, some Venetians finally started to feel enough of it.

The inflow of visitors to the northeastern Italian city known for its layout in lagoon has been exponentially growing in the last 10 years to the current estimated at least 60,000 arrivals each day.

In particular for its old city, which boasted no more than 55,000 people in 2016 but is the most visited, the massive influx of tourists undoubtedly brought inconvenience to the local residents, among which the concerns for their city's future and its identity started growing.