$ Foresakes Italian tourist resort for cultural integrity

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Toscana in Forte dei Marmi, resort where ultrawealthy spend 100 000 euro at Villa rental or € 1000 for a dinner reservation. Like many resort towns, local residents were forced from the skyrocketing prices of real estate, courtesy of millionaire tourists. Most tourist towns, which is part of life.But Forte dei Marmi, the Mayor takes different positions, $ foresaking tourists in favour of maintaining a culture of Forte dei Miami. From the guardian:
Forte dei Marmi-traditional summer retreat for the Italian captains of industry, writers and film stars – changes in the law tries to stop the local residents fled the House prices driven by incoming Russian millionaires. Fighting Mayor Humberto Buratti, reservation sites around luxury villas with sea views for new homes that will be sold only at the place of birth of buyers or. other Italian resorts with similar problems will monitor the experiment with interest.
"We want to save the symbol of the city, rather than see it turned into a place with no ties as anonymous as a motorway service station," said Buratti.
"Despite their wealth, Italians always loved the elegant simplicity and understatement," said Paolo Korca hotels, pointing out the traditional leaders and aristocrats, shopping by bike in the stores of the family.Where those stores again, Gucci, Dolce & Gabbana and Miu Miu-window shop full of Coyote fur stoles is now draw in Russia.
Born and raised in Forte dei Marmi and the son of a tailor, Mayor Buratti says he wants to preserve local culture, made from tough tribes who defied the Roman Empire and the Roman slaves who later settled, they focus on the local dialect.But it does not become too misty eyed.The locals were the first to profit from rising prices of homes for sale and purchase of houses in remote areas, "he says."That is why the ban on the sale of new homes in 20 years ".
Buratti in movement can in fact be the long-term strategy of tourist sounds for the city. Restricting travel impact at present, it may help to maintain a culture that has always attracted tourists in the long run in 20 years, a new wave of millionaires – Chinese or Indian constantly.perhaps – may flock to the city to adopt in its unique culture and configure it as serious conviction refuse tourist dollars in global economic recession.
This is an interesting story to follow and not last time, we are going to read the discussion, particularly with new types of tourists, covering areas that traditionally only saw European or Western visitors.