Venice, one of the biggest tourist attractions of Italy, is seeing a lot of guests, usually, throughout the year.

Estimation of perceptions about pollution in Venice. However, Venice is one of the World’s most popular tourism hotspots and a lot of money is invested in its tourism industry. The Venice canal, typically bogged down with tourists in gondolas and cruise ships, is now crystal clear, according to photos shared by Twitter user @FolinAlberto. Venice has already suffered enough from over-tourism, sinking foundations, and floods. (Though Thyng does not have first-hand knowledge of the data and current situation in Venice, she is a professor of oceanography.) Reduce pollution loads in the lagoon from industrial and agricultural activities and from municipal wastewaters.

That happens twice a day, every day, resulting in a mix of seawater and fresh water. The office of Venice Mayor Luigi Brugnaro told CNN that the waters were clearer because less boat traffic means the sediment stays at the bottom of the canals.

Altogether a dilemma too hard to solve. VENICE, Italy -- Water is Venice`s element, but once more this fantasy city is caught in its flux. While the actual quality of the water in Venice isn’t better per se, the mayor’s spokesperson did point out to CNN that “The air is less polluted since there are fewer vaporetti and boat traffic than usual because of the restricted movement of residents.”. An upside of Italy's coronavirus lockdown is that the long-polluted canals of Venice have seen a few weeks of respite from tourism-induced pollution. It is built on more than 100 small islands in a lagoon in the Adriatic Sea. Venice’s canals are its streets and countless boats travel through each day. Right now, though, the whole country is under lockdown as coronavirus continues to spread, and locals in Venice have noticed that the water in … “Pollution can impact how water appears, but perfectly clear water can contain toxic substances,” she says. Clear water is seen in Venice's canals due to less tourists, motorboats and pollution, as the spread of the coronavirus disease continues, in Venice, Italy, March 18. Without them, the water has had a chance to clear.

The crowds of tourists who normally swarm the Venice canals are gone and the number of motorboats vastly reduced. Cruise ships are typically seen sailing into the Venice lagoon and have caused harmful levels of pollution, Euro Weekly News writes. Venice canals run clear as coronavirus lockdown eases pollution NSW council votes to take fluoride removal poll to the people Prominent irrigators found guilty of breaching water … That happens twice a day, every day, resulting in a mix of seawater and fresh water. Since the lockdown of Venice without the pollution from boats the water has been begun to clear up and a dolphin has been spotted in the canal for the first time in nearly 60 years! Visit Insider's homepage for more stories.

The lagoon is an almost closed body of water, with only three narrow openings towards the Adriatic Sea. Besides being brackish, Venice’s water is also highly polluted, since sewage water …

Venice is also modern city, with modern pollution, and the chemicals from the boats and people’s waste gets into the water. Venice is the capital of northern Italy’s Veneto region. Greenpeace's Venice expert Fabrizio Fabbri, says this only tells half the story.