Overview

• Regional president Luca Zaia called Venice “not an amusement park” and warned against so-called proletourism.
• Visitors who behave badly would face immediate expulsion orders modeled on stadium bans for violent football fans.
• Repeat pickpocket offenders could be fitted with GPS-enabled ankle monitors to enable rapid police and judicial response and to deter theft.
• The region characterizes pickpocketing as organized crime and notes frequent use of minors who often avoid punishment.
• The measures are public proposals rather than enacted policy, with no legal implementation or rollout announced.