Italy’s tourist industry struggles to survive – ‘even George Clooney doesn’t come any more’ amid the coronavirus pandemic

Just over a year into the pandemic, Venice remains a ghost town. Portofino, a colourful playground for the jet set on the Ligurian coast, and Varenna, on the shores of Lake Como, are also deserted.The coronavirus has taken a heavy toll on tourism in Italy, the world’s fifth-most visited destination – and with a third wave now under way, there is no obvious end in sight.The collapse in the number of visitors to Italy in 2020 was jaw-dropping, with only 25.5 million foreign visitors spending at…

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