Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Waiters wearing protective face masks work on the patio facing the Piazza San Marco in Venice, Italy, on June 13. “There were people queuing at 8 this morning.” Elsewhere in the city, tourists took gondola rides, sipped drinks at outdoor cafes and browsed souvenir shops, all of which have reopened for business. “It can be normal.” It’s a unique paradox for a city in which 75% of the residents are connected to tourism. Venice is “the city that dies of tourism and dies without tourism,” Venice resident Ottavio Di Brizzi wrote in a post-lockdown postcard for HuffPost Italy. Stefano Mazzola/Awakening via Getty Images Tourists wait to enter the Doge's Palace in Venice, Italy, on the day of its reopening, June 13.

Source: Huffington Post June 26, 2020 14:37 UTC