As Venice prepares to host Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’s $10 billion wedding bash this week, local residents with the “No Space for Bezos” movement are vowing to crash the party and “take back” their city. The star-studded fête comes just as the summer season kicks into high gear, making it a lightning rod for anger about overtourism.

Like in other European hotspots that saw anti-tourism protests in recent weeks, Venetians say the city hasn’t done enough to curb the deluge of seasonal visitors. There are now more beds for tourists than for residents in the city center, and numerous grocery and hardware stores have given way to bars and souvenir shops. Read more from Alberto Brambilla and Alessandra Migliaccio today on CityLab: Bezos Wedding Draws Protests, Soul-Searching Over Tourism in Venice

— Linda Poon

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