Venice to crack down on tourist groups to maximum of 25 people

Venice will introduce a limit for tourist groups to 25 people, as well as ban the use of loudspeakers in the streets from Thursday. The measures are in an effort to reduce the pressure of mass tourism in the lagoon city. In an effort to thin crowds, the city introduced a tourist tax for non-residents earlier this year. Venice will become the first city in the world to trial limiting tourist group sizes.