Venice suffers from tourists who relieve themselves near attractions (2 photos)

While officials are stalling on installing street toilets, The problem is becoming serious, The Times reports.





According to the publication, local residents, exhausted by the crowds tourists suffering from culture and toilets, without waiting for help from city authorities are trying to solve the problem of latrines on their own - one man even started offering to use the toilet in his home for symbolic fee.

Due to complaints from citizens, Venice authorities announced that they were planning install 28 toilets near popular landmarks.

However, the scythe found a stone, as the idea was criticized in Italian Ministry of Culture. Cultural officials considered that such buildings will “clog the city streets.” But, despite the conflict with the Ministry of Culture, Venice will still try to install outdoor toilets, said newspaper one of the officials.



Let us remind you that in Venice, as part of the fight against tourists, in 2009, they tried to introduce a system for selling passes to public toilets via the Internet. About it Sky News reported. The new system was supposed to help tourists in advance purchase a toilet pass for one day or for a whole week at a discount.

It was assumed that those who order a special card for ten visits, valid for five days, will have to pay only seven euros. The traditional way of purchasing back in 2009 cost for tourists it costs two euros more. Special pass, as planned by the authors project, it was necessary to purchase at least 15 days before it use. The Venetian authorities hoped that such measures would allow reduce the number of tourists relieving themselves on the city streets.

However, it didn't work.