‘We feel like foreigners in our own home,’ says activist as city’s population dwarfed by visitors
The number of beds available to tourists on Venice’s main island has surpassed the number of year-round residents for the first time, as a Unesco decision on the city’s future on the world heritage site list looms.
There are now 49,693 tourist beds across hotels and rented holiday homes, compared with 49,304 inhabitants.
