UNESCO decides not to list Venice on the "Endangered The World Heritage List"
On the 14th local time, at the 45th World Heritage Conference held in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia, UNESCO decided not to include the Italian water city Venice in the "endangered The World Heritage List".
In response, Italian Minister of Culture Sanjuliano stated that Venice has made significant progress in addressing the many challenges posed by climate change and mass tourism. UNESCO demands that Italy continue to take measures to protect Venice, which is a world heritage site, and urges Italy to invite UNESCO and relevant technical personnel to conduct on-site inspections of Venice to understand the latest progress in heritage protection and local government protection measures.
On August 3 this year, the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Committee proposed in a report that Venice be included in the "endangered The World Heritage List". The committee believes that Venice receives approximately 28 million tourists annually, and the excessive development of the tourism industry affects the overall image of the city; Climate change has led to rising sea levels and Venice has been repeatedly hit by floods, but the local government has not developed sufficient and detailed response plans.