Tourism, for many art cities, is a double-edged sword: on one hand, it injects capital into the local economy, creates jobs, and showcases cultural heritage but, in recent years, it has been causing more than one headache. Who isn’t familiar with the problematic pattern known in Italian as turismo mordi e fuggi– or “bite and run tourism”? As many of you know, the expression refers to quick, in-and-out visits, where the tourist’s footprint outweighs the financial contribution they make. 

Our most famous art cities have already tried to somehow tackle the issue, as it happened only a few months ago in Venice, where a “daily tax” for tourists not spending the night has been enforced, not without criticism.