In June 2020, after over one month since the beginning of the lockdown that forced millions of italians to stay at home in order to prevent the spread of the Covid-19 virus, more and more questions are arising about when and how we will be allowed to enjoy our free time in our cities, and to travel. As summer was approaching, it was becoming clear that we would have needed to find another way to experience traveling. Or maybe even to accept to give up to it. 2020’s tourist season did, in fact, just disappear.
In 2019, the biggest concern for destinations like Venice or Barcelona was the potential negative impact of an excessive and unregulated tourist inflow, and how it could destabilize the cities themselves. In 2020, the tourist sector, contributing over 12% to the Italian GDP, resulted being one of the most affected sectors from the outbreak of Coronavirus Covid-19. Edited during the pandemic, this work was meant to offer a nostalgic look at our relationship with traveling as a life experience, which, by changing, reflected our own change.
The featured pictures are part of a broader work realized in 2018 and 2019 between Venice, Roma, Naples and Barcelona for Tripadvisor and Viator.
Tourists pose for a picture in front of the Colosseum, Rome, Italy, July 2019.
People visit the Altare della Patria, also called Il Vittoriano, the Vittorio Emanuele II Monument, in Piazza Venezia, Rome, Italy, July 2019.
A woman trains in front of Castel Sant’Angelo seen at the sunrise Rome, Italy, July 2019.
A view of the decorated interiors of Museo Correr, in San Marco Square, Venice, Italy, April 2019
People go shopping in the streets around Piazza di Spagna, where many luxury brands have their stores, Rome, Italy, July 2019.
Changing rooms in the beach of Ostia, a large neighbourhood of Rome, Italy, July 2019
Tourists on the beach of Ostia, a large neighbourhood of Rome by the sea, Italy, July 2019
A boy plays inside a fish and chips take away in Ostia, a large neighbourhood of Rome by the sea, Italy, July 2019
Friends wait for the sunset on the Pincio Terrace, Rome, Italy, July 2019
People gather at aperitivo time in Testaccio, a neighbourhood of Rome, Italy, July 2019
Tourists look at the panoramic view of the city from the rooftop of the Gothic Cathedral of Barcelona, Spain, May 2019
People gather at the Rambla de Mar Barcelona, Spain, June 2019
A tourist walks among the warrior-shaped chimneys on the rootfop of Antoni Gaudi’s La Pedrera, Barcelona, Spain, May 2019
A view of Piazza del Popolo, Rome, Italy, August 2019
Kids play football in the largest campo in Venice, Italy, March 2019
A man in the historic Rialto Fish Market in Venice, Italy, January 2019
A couple in San Marco Square in Venice, Italy, March 2019
People sitting at a cafè inside La Boqueria, Barcelona’s biggest food market, Barcelona, Spain, June 2019
A group of tourists take part to a Paella cooking Class in Barcelona, Spain, June 2019
A Turkish family take photos around the Barcaccia, the famous fountain sculpted by Bernini, in the center of Piazza di Spagna, at the feet of the church of Trinità dei Monti in Rome, Italy, July 2019
Frescos in the Raphael’s rooms inside the Vatican Museum, seen during the tour at the Vatican Museum and St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome, Italy. May 2019
A group of spanish students relax on the Borgia Stairs that take to the church of San Pietro in Vincoli, Rome, Italy, July 2019
View from Trinità dei Monti, on top of the spanish stairs of Piazza di Spagna, Rome, Italy. Saint Peter’s Dome is recognizable in the skyline of the city. Rome, Italy, July 2019
People have drinks along the Canal Grande in Venice, Italy, March 2019
A tourist takes photo at the Passion Facade of the Sagrada Familia, Barcelona, Spain, May 2019
Tourists visit Casa Batllò, designed by Antoni Gaudì in Barcelona, Spain, May 2019
Tourists enjoy a sunny day in front of Palazzo Ducale, Venice, Italy. March 2019
People walk on Ponte SantAngelo that takes to Castel Sant’Angelo in Rome, Italy, July 2019
People visit the Altare della Patria, the Vittorio Emanuele II Monument, in Piazza Venezia, Rome, Italy, July 2019
People gather at aperitivo time in a cafè in Garbatella, a district of Rome, Italy, July 2019
Rome at sunset seen from the Orange Trees Park, Giardino degli Aranci, Rome, Italy. Saint Peter’s Dome is visible in the skyline, July 2019
A woman look at the panoramic view of Rome from the top of Saint Peter’s Dome, Rome, Italy, July 2019
Tourists walk inside the church of Saint Peter in Chains, San Pietro in Vincoli, in Rome, Italy. July 2019
Two friends take pictures in the Parco degli Acquedotti in Rome, Italy. July 2019
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A due mesi dall’inizio del lockdown in Italia, gli interrogativi su come ci sarà permesso godere del tempo libero, che riguardi vivere le nostre città o viaggiare, si fanno sempre più numerosi. Con la stagione estiva che si avvicina, è ormai evidente che anche il viaggio sarà uno degli aspetti delle nostre vite che dovremo ripensare, o che dovremo accettare di perdere. Quest’anno la stagione turistica rischia di non esserci più. Nel 2019, la preoccupazione maggiore di città come Venezia e Barcellona era l’impatto che un afflusso eccessivo e non regolamentato, di turisti poteva avere sugli equilibri di questi centri. Oggi il settore turistico, da cui in Italia dipendeva il 12% del Pil, rischia di rimanere pesantemente danneggiato dagli effetti delle misure di contrasto alla diffusione del virus. Mentre si cerca di individuare soluzioni per salvare il turismo, questo lavoro rivolge uno sguardo malinconico al nostro rapporto con l’esperienza del viaggio che, se nel breve termine non tornerà ad essere quello di prima, cambierà riflettendo il nostro stesso cambiamento. – Le fotografie presentate sono parte di un lavoro sul turismo realizzato nel 2018 e 2019 per Tripadvisor e Viator Travel tra Venezia, Roma, Napoli e Barcellona.
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