Venice: an analysis of tourism excesses in an overtourism icon.

Venice's tourism has reached unsustainable levels, with the number of tourist beds now matching its resident population. This study reveals how overtourism transcends local quality-of-life issues, reshaping Venice's economic landscape and physical geography irreversibly. The analysis combines a broad overview with detailed spatial impacts over the past decade, exposing systemic transformations driven by tourism excesses. Proposed overtourism indicators aim to deepen understanding of anti-tourist sentiments and guide future research on this global phenomenon.

Visentin, F., & Bertocchi, D. (2019). Venice: an analysis of tourism excesses in an overtourism icon. Overtourism: Excesses, Discontents and Measures in Travel and Tourism, 18–38. https://doi.org/10.1079/9781786399823.0018