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A horse-drawn carriage transports tourists at Piazza Del Duomo in Florence, on February 15, 2024. A lot of historic workshops fear to close in Florence due to over tourism. Calls for urgent action to protect the city centre, a UNESCO site, intensified last month after a museum director said “hit and run” tourism had transformed Florence into a “prostitute”. Some 1.5 million tourists flocked to the city last summer, up 6.6 percent on a year, while an increasing number of independent shops and residential apartments are being transformed into fast food outlets and Airbnbs. (Photo by Alberto Pizzoli/AFP Photo)
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