Text: “Italy to ban mammoth cruise ships from Venice as of Aug. 1”
“Declaring Venice’s waterways a “national monument,” Italy is banning mammoth cruise liners from sailing into the lagoon city, which risked being declared an imperiled world heritage site by the United Nations later this month.”
https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/italy-ban-mammoth-cruise-ships-venice-aug-78823148
There are different possible “obvious facts” in this case:
- The tourism industry is harmful to the city of Venice.
- The tourism industry is helpful to the city of Venice.
- The positive economic impact of tourism is more important than protecting Venice from possible damage from tourism.
- The positive economic impact of tourism is less important than protecting Venice from possible damage from tourism.
- The city of Venice should have the power to determine the scale of tourism in this city.
- The national government should have the power to determine the scale of tourism in this city.