Venice: Souvenir Vendors Could Go the Way of the Pigeons

Travel Blog  •  Eva Holland  •  12.05.08 | 6:21 AM ET

Look out, Venetian vendors of cheap tourist tat. Your canal-side stalls (“fully-fledged examples of urban decay,” according to the city council) are the next target in the city’s ongoing crusade against all things ugly or rude. Local authorities in Venice have already showed the flocks of pigeons and shirtless, napping tourists who’s boss.