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Venetians Are Protesting the Jeff Bezos, Lauren Sánchez Wedding —Though Some Local Businesses Are Wondering Why

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The lavish wedding of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and book author and helicopter pilot, Lauren Sánchez, is expected to take place next week in Venice. Most reports say the event will host 200 guests and last three days, from June 24 to June 26, though the couple has not confirmed.

But Venice residents have been protesting against overcrowding and mass tourism, something that they say is negatively affecting the small (the main island is about 2 square miles) city that receives about 20 million visitors yearly. The overcrowding has become so bad that the city charges a 5 Euro daily entrance fee on some high-season dates. (It's also not just Venice — in Spain, tourists are being shot with water guns on crowded streets.)

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