The Coronavirus crisis is prompting authorities in the Italian port of Venice to reconsider its mass-tourism model. Up to 30 million people visited in 2018.
Now, like so many other places, the city is deserted. "We've gone from one extreme to the other," explained Matteo Secchi of the Venessia Association. "Here, a few months ago, we couldn't even pass each other.
Now the streets are empty." There's a certain charm about the empty waterways and plazas, albeit of an eery nature. But it's an