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Venice is to ban loudspeakers and tourist groups of more than 25 people, in a bid to ease the impact of mass tourism on the Italian city.

The new rules will come into effect from June, the city said in a statement.

Over-tourism is widely recognised as an urgent issue for the canal city, one of the most-visited places in Europe.

The Italian historian, architect, and Venice resident, Francesco da Mosto, gave Newshour's Nuala McGovern his thoughts on the plans.

(Photo shows gondoliers rowing their gondolas through the Venice Canal on 15 July 2023. Credit: Manuel Silvestri/Reuters)