New rules banning loudspeakers and limiting the size of tourist groups to 25 people have come into force in Venice.
These measures were introduced to limit the impact of excessive tourism on the Italian city, officials say.
The canals of Venice’s historic district make the city one of the most visited places in Europe.
Venice introduced a daily entrance fee of €5 (£4) earlier this year, after initially banning cruise ships from docking in the 2021 quarter.
Overtourism is widely considered one of the most pressing problems for Venice, which has around 250,000 residents and welcomed more than 13 million visitors in 2019.
Visitor numbers have declined since then, but are expected to surpass pre-pandemic levels in the coming years.
Venice has seen an exodus of its local residents amid fears that tourists will overwhelm the historic island city.
Ocio, a civic association that tracks housing in the city, said in a recent update that the historic district has about 49,000 beds for rent for tourists, more than the number available to residents.
The changes to tourism rules come after UNESCO experts warned last year that Venice could be added to the list of world heritage sites in danger as the impact of climate change and mass tourism threatens to cause irreversible changes.
The UN cultural body ultimately did not add Venice to the list, after acknowledging attempts to solve the island’s problems through an anti-flood system and measures to reduce the impact of tourism massive.
