The city of Venice, Italy experiences massive surges of tourists into their city on a daily basis for a total of 23 million tourists entering the city limits every year. The tourists cause overcrowding in the city that results in blocked roads, slow-moving traffic, and impassable bridges. Nonetheless, tourists continue to visit the city of Venice. This project focuses on researching the elements of the tourist experience. We designed a survey that will be administered to the tourists of Venice to assess their overall tourist experience. This information should answer questions of how tourists are affected by over-tourism in Venice. Additionally, we will redesign an online tool used to characterize and estimate the tourists entering Venice on a daily basis.

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Creator

• Anderson, Connor C.
• Laks, Michael Joseph
• Regan, Ilona
• King, Thomas P.

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-121119-090207

Keyword

• Social and Human Services

Advisor

• Michalson, William R.
• Carrera, Fabio

Year

• 2019

Center

• Venice, Italy Project Center - IQP

Sponsor

• SCR grant

Date created

• 2019-12-11

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright