VENEZIA - Fusina torna in auge per le grandi navi. Il commissario straordinario, Fulvio Lino Di Blasio, in questa fase non parla ma si sta muovendo molto e per domani ha convocato nella sede.
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We already have a port in Marghera, and we have 20,000 people working there, says Tomaello. Enormous commercial ships go there, so I don t understand. The most important thing for us is we want to give certainty to the workers.
Jane da Mosto agrees on the need for certainty. The longer people have to make their living on the basis of a certain situation, the harder it is to change that situation, she says. This is a situation that should have changed after the Costa Concordia accident [in 2012].
An industry exodus
Courtesy Anna DeVincentis
The confusion has already cost the city money. Royal Caribbean cruise line has left Venice for now at least moving port for 2021 to Ravenna, around 2.5 hours south, below the lagoon, which ends at the fishing port of Chioggia.
Venice finally bans cruise ships from its lagoon
For those on a Mediterranean cruise, it’s one of the most memorable sights: the city of Venice unpeeling beneath the boat, the centuries-old buildings and bell towers dwarfed by the ship, giving onlookers a spectacular bird’s eye view.
But for many on the shore, cruise ships in Venice have come to symbolize the excesses of modern tourism the type that can unleash thousands of visitors on a city ill equipped to deal with them on a “hit and run” visit to see the sights, but not spend any money in the local economy.