Besides tourism, there are people who go to Venice for what is called the “alm business.” According to the Italian media, it is about people from Eastern Europe who earn from 500 to 1,000 euros in a few days.
The only expense these visitors have to bear is the low-cost bus ticket that takes them from their home countries to Venice. The city, increasingly surrounded by tourists, must also deal with the management of these flows.
The cheap trips to earn money by alms, writes “Messenger”, began to increase with the spread of the word by local beggars who were the first to see that they could earn well.
The city’s proximity to the border with Eastern Europe makes the destination even more attractive, especially since the Serenissima is now surrounded by tourists 12 months a year.
Beggars spend a few days in the city and then return home with the money earned on the street. During their stay in the city, they go to canteens where some associations give them food and provide them with a bed to sleep.
For purification, before returning home, they go to the public fountains.