Venice’s Mayor Is Reassuring Locals Forward of Jeff Bezos’ Wedding ceremony

As town of Venice confirmed it’s gearing as much as host the marriage of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez this summer time, the native mayor tried to reassure residents amid the continued battle with overtourism.

In a press release on Saturday, town of Venice stated the billionaire and his bride-to-be’s upcoming nuptials wouldn’t trigger disruption to residents or guests and that the precedence can be to ensure town — lengthy a vacationer hotspot — “capabilities as regular.”

The assertion stated that 200 visitors are attributable to attend the Venetian ceremony, nevertheless it burdened that town was accustomed to dealing with giant worldwide occasions.

It additionally denied reviews that enormous numbers of gondolas or “extreme” numbers of water taxis had been booked for the event.

“The various speculations and faux information circulating about Jeff Bezos’ wedding ceremony are fully unfounded,” the assertion continued.

Luigi Brugnaro, Venice’s mayor, added: “We’re mutually working and supporting the organizers, to make sure that the occasion shall be completely respectful of the fragility and uniqueness of town. For that reason, we are going to work collectively for greatest consequence. Whoever loves Venice will at all times be welcome.”

The town didn’t disclose the date for Bezos and Sanchez’s vacation spot wedding ceremony, and representatives for the Blue Origin founder didn’t reply to a request for remark from Enterprise Insider, which was despatched outdoors common working hours.

Nonetheless, a spokesperson for the mayor of Venice instructed CNN that the celebrations are attributable to happen from June 24 to June 26.

Bezos and Sánchez, a former broadcast journalist, turned engaged in Could 2023. The Washington Publish proprietor was beforehand married to MacKenzie Scott, with whom he has 4 kids.

It isn’t the primary time the “floating metropolis” has performed host to a high-profile wedding ceremony.

In 2014, George and Amal Clooney tied the knot on the unique Aman Canal Grande Lodge, which faces onto the enduring Grand Canal.

However in recent times, town — famed for its maze of picturesque canals and beautiful structure — has garnered rising consideration for its makes an attempt to push again on overtourism.

With a inhabitants of round simply 50,000, the island metropolis of Venice welcomes round 20 million guests a 12 months — and lots of of its outnumbered residents are fed up.

A number of measures have been launched to attempt to deal with the problem, together with limiting vacationer teams to 25 folks, banning giant cruise ships from getting into the Venice Lagoon, and charging a day by day 5-euro (round $5.40) charge to day-trippers.