DesertFox
06-04-2006, 10:55 AM
Robin McKie
The Guardian Observer
4 June 06
The waters are rising around Venice. Each year the floods worsen and last longer. Carpets of slime coat St Mark's Square. Statues and church walls are coated with filth. The city is drowning. But there is a solution: run the place like Disneyland, says leading UK economist John Kay.
According to Kay, author of The Truth About Markets and other key works on economics, there should be a major restructuring of the city's operations.
... Under Kay's scheme, tourists would be charged an entrance fee of between €20 and €30 - roughly the fee to Disneyland Paris. Once inside, they would be able to visit Venice's glorious churches, restaurants and hotels, which would be run as franchises dispensed by the corporation in charge of the city.
More (http://observer.guardian.co.uk/world/story/0,,1789861,00.html)
The Guardian Observer
4 June 06
The waters are rising around Venice. Each year the floods worsen and last longer. Carpets of slime coat St Mark's Square. Statues and church walls are coated with filth. The city is drowning. But there is a solution: run the place like Disneyland, says leading UK economist John Kay.
According to Kay, author of The Truth About Markets and other key works on economics, there should be a major restructuring of the city's operations.
... Under Kay's scheme, tourists would be charged an entrance fee of between €20 and €30 - roughly the fee to Disneyland Paris. Once inside, they would be able to visit Venice's glorious churches, restaurants and hotels, which would be run as franchises dispensed by the corporation in charge of the city.
More (http://observer.guardian.co.uk/world/story/0,,1789861,00.html)