“Keep calm and enjoy”: Italian village enlists ‘street tutors’ to ease overtourism

La corrispondente italiana di The Guardian, Angela Giuffrida, è stata a Sirmione per approfondire le soluzioni adottate dall’Amministrazione Comunale dopo l’affollatissimo weekend del maggio scorso. Il prestigioso quotidiano britannico ha dedicato all’argomento un articolo ricco di contributi e analisi, che qui riproponiamo.

“When Sirmione became jammed with visitors during a particularly busy May Day weekend, it proved a tipping point.

In the era of overtourism, every popular holiday destination has its tipping point. For Sirmione, a sliver of land lapped by the blue-green waters of Lake Garda, that watershed moment came during Italy’s long May Day holiday weekend, and has led the medieval Italian village to introduce “street tutors” to manage the visitor flow and ensure good behaviour. The village, considered a pearl in Lombardy’s lake district, was caught off-guard on 2 May when a crowd of people became jammed as they endeavoured to walk over its tiny stone bridge, which once served as a drawbridge, and into its warren of narrow lanes.

Leggi l’articolo completo di Angela Giuffrida su The Guardian

Anche Francesca Roman sul Giornale di Brescia dedica un articolo agli street tutors