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Today, there are numerous attractions in Venice, such as St Mark's Basilica（圣马可教
堂）, the Grand Canal（大运河）, and the Piazza San Marco（圣马可广 场）, to name a few. The Lido di Venezia （丽都的迪瑞古奇）is also a
Venice is one of the most important
tourist destinations in the world, due to the city's being one of the world's greatest and most beautiful cities of art. Ttourists a day (2007 estimate). In 2006, it was the world's 28th most internationally visited city, with 2.927 million international arrivals that year.
The classical Venetian boat is the gondola （两头尖的平底船）, although it is now mostly used for tourists, or for weddings, funerals, or other ceremonies. Many gondolas are lushly appointed with crushed velvet（天鹅绒的）seats and Persian（波斯的） rugs. Less well-known is the smaller sandolo. The main transportation means are motorised waterbuses (vaporetti), which ply regular routes along the major canals and between the city's islands, and private boats. The only gondolas still in common use by Venetians are the traghetti, foot passenger ferries crossing the Grand Canal at certain points without bridges
Venice is served by the Marco Polo
International Airport, or Aeroporto di Venezia Marco Polo, named in honor of its famous citizen. The airport is on the mainland and was rebuilt away from the coast. Airport is connected by land to Venice main island (Piazzale Roma, the bus terminal) by the ACTV lines (for example line 5 aerobus) and by sea to Venice, Murano and Lido by Alilaguna lines.Some airlines market Treviso Airport （特雷维索机场） in Treviso, 30 km from Venice, as a Venice gateway. Some simply advertise flights to "Venice", while naming the actual airport only in small print. To reach Venice from Treviso airport people can catch a public bus from the company ATVO.Venezia Lido, a public airport suitable for smaller aircraft, is found on the NE end of Lido di Venezia. It has a 1000-metre grass runway.
popular international luxury destination, attracting thousands of actors, critics, celebrities, and mainly people in the cinematic industry. The city also relies heavily on the cruise（乘船游览， 巡航，巡游） business.
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Venice is built on an archipelago（群岛，
多岛海区） of 117 islands formed by 177 canals in a shallow lagoon, connected by 409 bridges. In the old centre, the canals serve the function of roads, and almost every form of transport is on water or on foot. In the 19th century a causeway to the mainland brought the Venezia Santa Lucia railway station to Venice, and the Ponte della Libertà road causeway and parking facilities were during in the twentieth century. the road/rail land entrances at the Beyond northern edge of the city, transportation within the city remains, (as it was in centuries past) entirely on water or on foot. Venice is Europe's largest urban car-free area. Aerial view of Venice including the Venice is unique in Europe, in having Ponte della Libertà bridge to the remained a sizable functioning city in the mainland twenty-first century entirely without motorcars or trucks.
View of the Venezia Santa Lucia station building
Venice is serviced by regional and national trains, which can connect the city to Rome in 3.5 hours and to Milan in 2.5 hours. Treviso is thirty-five minutes away.Florence and Padua are two of the stops between Rome and Venice. The St. Lucia station is a few steps away from a vaporetti stop.The station is the terminus（终点站） and starting point of the Venice Simplon Orient Express from or to London Victoria and Paris.
A gondola and a gondolier in the Grand Canal.
Azienda Consorzio Trasporti Veneziano (ACTV) is the name of the public transport system in Venice. It combines land transportation, with buses, and canal travel, with water buses (vaporetti). In total, there are 25 routes that connect the city. The Venice People Mover (managed by ASM) is a cable operated public transit system connecting Tronchetto island with Piazzale Roma. Water taxis are also active.
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However, Venice's popularity as a major worldwide
tourist destination has caused several problems, including the fact that the city can be very overcrowded at some points of the year. It is regarded by some as a tourist trap, and by others as a 'living museum'. The cruise ships that use the Giudecca Canal send a large wake toward the city, that slowly causes the city to sink. Unlike most other places in Western Europe, and the world, Venice has become widely known for its element of elegant decay（腐烂，腐朽，衰退）. The competition for foreigners to buy homes in Venice has made prices rise so highly that numerous inhabitants are forced to move to more affordable areas of Veneto and Italy, the most notable being Mestre.
