At 'normal' times, visitors will pay €6 to enter Venice and up to €10 when visitor numbers are 'overwhelming'. Amsterdam is set to restrict tourist levels by banning cruise ships in its city centres.
The UNESCO experts stated that Italy is not doing enough to protect the city, known for its canals & cultural sites, which has been grappling with mass tourism for years.
The warning comes as Venice faces unusually low tides, making it impossible for gondolas, ambulances to navigate its canals. Last year, Italy suffered its worst drought in 70 years.
Venice will soon be underwater if climate change isn’t controlled, warned an Italian national agency as the highest floods since 1966 damaged crops and roads.
Pakistan’s pavilion at the Venice Biennale is a great breakthrough for the designers. It’s also a great feat in reclaiming the identity of Pakistan as a melting pot of art and culture.
In Medieval India, the late Prof Satish Chandra demonstrates how Muslim rulers in India quickly grasped that pristine notions of Halal and haram did not hold up to the realities of statecraft.
New CPI series will take 2024 as base year, will provide more accurate measure of inflation, spending on digital services. Expected to enhance representation and reliability, says Saurabh Garg.
Tajikistan did not want to extend the lease because of apparent pressure from Russia & China over non-regional military personnel at the air base, it is learnt.
On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.
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