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Venice Hotels Call On Tourists to Come Visit Without Fear of Floods

Sabina Castelfranco

   ROME - Venice's Hotel Association is urging tourists to visit the
   lagoon city without fear of high waters. Hoteliers say there have been
   many cancellations for Christmas and New Year's, and that bookings have
   dropped more than 45 percent following the exceptional high tide of
   November 12. They add that the city is as beautiful as ever and that
   all museums, shops and restaurants are functioning properly, as is
   transportation.

   The Venice Hotel Association is calling on tourists all over the world
   to come to see for themselves the beauty of a city that has always
   lived with high tides, which hoteliers stressed, come and go. They fear
   that the many cancellations received by hotels following the
   extraordinary high tide of Nov. 12 has scared tourists away.

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