Rialto Bridge
This bridge in Venice was designed by Antonio da Ponte and was completed in 1591, then eventually becoming one of the architectural icons in the city of Venice, Italy. In earlier times, Venice was built in a group of islands and it is unable to get to one side of the Grand Canal to the other. Originally there was just a bridge of boats to cross the Grand Canal and then many different bridges were constructed in Venice. The previous bridges that were built are made from wood and therefore it was decided to build a new bridge across the Grand Canal, this time in stone. That bridge then called 'Rialto Bridge'.
Today, the bridge have walkways that leads between rows of small shops and from the outer walkways you have a beautiful view of the Grand Canal which is the ideal spot to take some photos. Due to globalization over time, the Rialto Bridge is now a top and popular tourist attraction to visit and explore. The growth of tourism in the place leads to more tourism revenue earned and then more developments will take place in the area. The Rialto Bridge has also over-commercialized and the area have cater more to the demands of the tourists' needs.
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The Venetian Mask
In the past, the mask is created on the idea for celebrating the carnival to hide their identity and social status so to enjoy themselves in the carnival. The masks have also helped to lessen the social tension in the city. It originally is simple and plain as the only intention to use it to hide their identity but eventually it became more elaborate. Now when we talked about Venice, people will tend to remember the Venetian masks that represent the country and city because they are beautiful and authentic.
Today, when tourists go for the carnival they are more interested to see the different Venetian
masks than traditional performances. When there is a growth of tourism in Italy, it will attract more tourists to the carnival. In the modern society now, people tend to demand more and nicer things. For example, they will like to see more variety of beautiful masks that sold in the souvenir shop, then they will purchase them and join the carnival.Tourism is to attract people to the country to travel and explore. It will tend to bring out the culture and traditions of the country when visiting to one country. We learn that culture, tradition and society have related links. So when traveling in the country, we will have contact with the locals and attraction. Therefore, we need to know their cultures and traditions well.
In every attraction or place, there will be a culture to let the visitors to understand the place. For example, the tour guide will explain the culture and traditions to you when you are visiting the Rialto Bridge in a tour group. There will be activities like boating at the Grand Canal as they are the tradition of the attraction. Then you will then remember the place by its culture and tradition activities.
Food are part of Italy culture, and they are commercialized to all over the world. Slowly, it becomes well-known that Italian cuisines are delicious. It does show the culture and traditions of the society there, The popular cuisines such as pizza and spaghetti.
There are also some event that use the culture to attract tourists and make earnings. For example, the Venice carnival which had a very old traditions, this interests the foreign and domestic tourists to visit the attractions. It also help to create awareness of this place as every year there will be news about the event. Then there will be more and more tourists coming in to Italy and the tourism receipts and tourist's arrival in Venice increased.
The video below is a commercial for Italy:
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