Breaking point: tourism hot-spots placing limits on visitors as cracks start to show

Aug 2, 2019

Tourists walk on a bridge as a gondolier rows his gondola near St.Marks Square in Venice, Italy, April 2, 2019. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC1BF90441E0

Breaking point. Image: REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane

Emma Batha

Journalist, Thomson Reuters Foundation News

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