The President of the Veneto Region, Luca Zaia, against Cafone Tourism: “We need Daspo for those who violate the decorum”

The president of Veneto, Luca Zaialaunched a warning against the so -called “Tourism Cafone”proposing the introduction of more severe regulatory tools, including the urban daspo For those who violate the decoration of vacation places. A clear stance, matured after a series of episodes that involved City of art, seaside resorts and destinations of mountain of the Region in recent months.

«Veneto is the Region of records in tourismbut cannot and does not want to become fertile land for cafate tourism. We are not an amusement park in which everyone does what they want without rules: every year we welcome 73 million visitors and invest huge resources to make the travel experience safe and quality. All this, consequently, it deserves respectSaid Luca Zaia.

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The note released by the Region lists episodes that occurred in recent weeks. The last in Prato della Valle a Paduawhere some tourists went into underwear to sunbathe close to the statues. But also cites what happened to Jesolo and Heracleswhere some tourists turned to bare torso even in the streets and shops. There was no lack of scenes of degradation in the mountains: a Cortina d’Ampezzo There are those who have transformed the parking areas into improvised campsites, even reaching the role on the monument to the 1956 Olympics. But perhaps the worst was told by the refuge manager Talamini in Vodo di Cadorewhere some patrons they left a dirty diaper on the plate.

Luca Zaia favorable to use the daspo against rude tourists

There is a limit to everything – wrote the President of the Veneto Region in a note -. We welcome those who bring respect. To those who arrive in our cities of art, in our villages, on our beaches and in our mountains with the desire to know, appreciate and maybe even return, we welcome. But to those who think they come here to do their comfortable, to leave chaos and degradation, we clearly say that it will not be tolerated. Veneto is not and will never be the land of wild tourism or peasant».

Zaia’s proposal is to extend the urban daspo, which can predict the ban on access to certain urban areas, also to tourists who have inappropriate attitudes. “They are more than in favor of regulatory tools that also include the Daspo for those who violate the decoration of our holiday places in a heavy, repeated way, and with clear contempt for the operators and the local community“He added, underlining that the Region intends to continue promoting a” quality, made of tourism, made of Culture, nature, food and wine and traditionsnot of degradation ».

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In fact, a similar provision is already provided for in the city regulation of the Municipality of Venice, where the daspo was introduced against those who wander in the calli a bare chest Or who dives into the large canal.

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Cautious The Councilor for Tourism of Padua, Andrea Colasio: «I am more inclined to evaluate a sanctioning approach at the level of fines, the Daspo seems to me frankly excessive since it concerns the field of public order but here we speak of public decency. It is like wanting to kill a goldfinch with a machine gun, we are talking about a disproportionate tool compared to the problem».

On the same line also the deputy mayor of Cortina, Roberta Alveràwhich reports a new criticality: “Unfortunately, the novelty of this year are The vans equipped with campers, therefore without services unlike the traditional campers that have always been there, which have multiplied. You can see them occupying all the parking pitches towards the steps but only for one night, then they move. Hence the difficulty of sanctioning inadequate behaviors. If they remain with the closed door you can’t even make them move ».

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Side effects of tourism

The note of the Governor of Veneto, however, fits into a wider national debate, or the increase in episodes of “Bad tourism”. From north to south there is no shortage of ordinances and measures to counter uncivilized behaviors: a Venice The fines of 350 € affect those who dive into the channels, to Cinque Terre There is a risk of paying up to € 2,500 if you travel the paths in beach sandals, while a Portofino It is forbidden to walk naked or consume food sitting on the ground, with penalties of up to € 500. TO Romeonly in 2025, 1,300 urban daspo were issued, of which 400 on foreign tourists, largely for bathrooms in the monumental fountains.

In a country that makes cultural and landscape heritage its main attraction, the challenge remains to balance welcome and respect. “It is not to ask too much. It is simply defending dignity of one of the most beautiful regions and visited in the world, “concluded Zaia.

Source: Vanity Fair

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