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The video of two young people exercising water ski in the canals of Venice aroused the indignation of many of its inhabitants and especially of the mayor of the Italian city, Luigi Brugnarowho promised to pay for a dinner “for anyone who can identify those two assholes“Finally, hours later the official confirmed that the” surfers “fwere identified and their tables confiscated.
The video, which went viral in the European country, shows two young people being dragged by a boat at full speed along the Grand Canal in Venice water ski.
The offenders have provoked the so-called “undulating motion“, a phenomenon that is created when the waves hit the coasts of the city after the passage of the boats and that is one of the big problems of the city.
One of the surfers from Venice who has already been identified
“Here are two arrogant idiots making fun of the city. I ask everyone to help us locate them to punish them even if our weapons are not that strong. We urgently need more powers to the mayors in matters of public safety!” Said Brugnaro! in his Facebook profile, and accompanied the text with images. The mayor of the City of Canals has also offered himself a dinner for those who can locate them.
Hours later it was the mayor himself who confirmed that the young people had been identified. He said their tables had already been confiscated and that the two they would soon be arrested.
On the Facebook page “Venice is not Disneyland”, which deals with denouncing the behavior of visitors and tourists that endanger the already fragile city, he also attacked young people and asked “exemplary measures“.
The official did not specify the punishment they will face, but the city has a long list of rules governing visitor behavior.
Venice has long suffered from a excessive tourism and, with it, the visitors’ lack of decorum. The city fined two German travelers with $ 1,000 in 2019 to make coffee on the 430-year-old Rialto Bridge. Visitors are also prohibited bathe in the canals and eat on the steps of the monuments.
Starting next year, travelers in and out in one day they will have to pay a visit fee to help offset the high costs of providing services in the city of canals.
A few days ago Venice recorded one of its most disastrous figures when it dropped below 50,000 inhabitants. The Italian city has lost more than 120,000 residents since the early 1950s.
To protect Venice, last year the Italian government approved a decree that prohibits the passage of cruise ships and large ships in front of the city and from next year it will be necessary to book to enter its historic center.
Venetian neighborhood associations such as “All the city together” have complained that the city “empties of its life” and asked the city council to take measures to protect this treasure or Venetians will become “relics”.
With information from agencies
DB
Source: Clarin
