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Tourists face lifetime 'ban' from Venice after performing 'shameful' act


Two idiot tourists could face a ban from Venice after they were caught on camera taking a dip in front of the city’s most famous cemetery.

The brazen duo was seen stripping off in front of San Michele Cemetery on Wednesday (14 Aug) morning. The pair left their clothes by the San Michele in Isola Church before jumping into the murky waters of the Venetian lagoon for a swim.

Commuters on their way to work captured the scene on their phones as their vaporetto – public water bus – went past the frolicking men. The video quickly went viral on social media.

It comes as Venetians have long expressed their frustrations at mass tourism.

Locals in the city are outnumbered by tourists at a ratio of 10 to one.

Locals get particularly annoyed by tourists taking a dip into the city’s polluted canals. While visitors may be trying to beat the heat, they are said to be endangering their health and disrupting the daily boat commutes for locals.

Violators of Venice’s navigation safety laws risk hefty fines and urban banning orders if they’re caught swimming in the canals. Social media users voiced their outrage, with Nicola slamming the act as “Shameful. Rude. Ignorant.”

Maria echoed the sentiment, saying: “Shameful. No respect at all.”

Marti confessed: “I’m at a loss for words.”

Another user pointed out: “In other countries, they’d have been arrested, fined heavily, and then sent home with a boot.”

However, Valentina seemed to strike a different chord.

She penned: “It’s lese-majeste for a swim in a city that’s been mismanaged for a decade, with no essential shops, just bars and bacari, stalls with fake Venetian crafts, pickpockets, and three-card monte games on the Accademia and Paglia bridges, drug dealing in Cannaregio and Santi Apostoli, no homes, fleeing residents, and an island that’s all about tourists.”

“But, oh my God, they swim – what a disgrace.”

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