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Italy has a new way to combat overtourism – 9Travel
Plans to ‘scatter’ major attraction
Selfies in front of Botticelli’s Venus. Closeups of David’s manhood. Bottlenecks climbing to the top of the famous Duomo.
Back in the halcyon pre-pandemic times, Florence was struggling with overtourism. And the Uffizi Gallery one of the most popular museums in the world was at the centre of it all.
At its busiest, 12,000 visitors per day passed through, more often than not rushing past the renaissance works of art to snap selfies with the big hitters: Botticelli’s Venus, Michelangelo’s Holy Family,…
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