(7 Jul 2023) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: ASSOCIATED PRESS Colosseum, Rome, Italy - 27 June 2023 1. Tourists holding umbrella to protect themselves from the sun and taking picture of Colosseum 2. Tourists walking in the Roman Forum through the Arch of Constantine 3. LLow angle shot of tourists walking on Roman cobblestone road at Forum ASSOCIATED PRESS Trevi Fountain, Rome, Italy - 30 June 2023 4. Trevi fountain with tourists 5. Tourist taking picture of Trevi Fountain ASSOCIATED PRESS Navona square, Rome, Italy - 28 June 2023 6. Navona square filled with tourists 7. Close of tourists 8. Castel Sant'Angelo with tourists walking 9. Close of tourists 10. SOUNDBITE (Italian) Gianluca De Gaetano, Director of Rome's Hotels Association Federalberghi: "The recovery (of the tourism flow) started in some ways since Easter (April) 2022. After the start of this summer this trend of increase has started to consolidate, to reinforce itself, and we are now experiencing higher performances than those of 2019, which was the golden year for Roman and Italian tourism." ASSOCIATED PRESS Trevi Fountain, Rome, Italy - 30 June 2023 11. Various of tourists around Trevi Fountain 12. Tourists eating pizza while walking ASSOCIATED PRESS Rome, Italy - 28 June 2023 13. SOUNDBITE (Italiano) Gianluca De Gaetano, Director of Rome's Hotels Association Federalberghi: "A tourist is nothing else but a temporary citizen. If the citizens are well, the tourists are also well. This is the rule. So if a city is able to provide services, hospitality and rules to the citizens, the tourists also benefits." ASSOCIATED PRESS Rome, Italy - 04 July 2023 14. People getting on crowded bus ASSOCIATED PRESS Colosseum, Rome, Italy - 27 June 2023 15. Wide of Colosseum with tourists ASSOCIATED PRESS Rome, Italy - 4 July 2023 16. Door of crowded bus unable closing with difficulty on man's backpack ASSOCIATED PRESS Rome, Italy - 3 July 2023 17. SOUNDBITE (Italian) Maria Confidenti, Roman resident waiting for a bus: "Maybe it would be better not to cut down on public transport but to increase the frequency since people still work, even if there are no students (in the summer since schools are closed), there are still many people, and there are a lot of tourists. Some extra busses wouldn't hurt." ASSOCIATED PRESS Rome, Italy - 3 July 2023 18. People getting on crowded bus 19. People rushing out of Colosseum subway station 20. SOUNDBITE (Italian) Donatella Pirosi, local resident commuter: "It is still early (it's not rush hour), shortly it will be chaos here (at the Colosseum subway station). In fact, when I come back here (from work) I will not take the subway here, I cannot take it. It's impossible, I have to take it at Circo Massimo, or even (further) at San Giovanni. There is no way to walk through here (during rush hours) because it is so full." ASSOCIATED PRESS Rome, Italy - 29 June 2023 21. Various tourists crossing the street and walking pulling or pushing bags and trolleys ASSOCIATED PRESS Rome, Italy - 3 July 2023 22. SOUNDBITE (Italian) Alessandro Onorato, Rome tourism councillor: "This year we could almost reach 30 million tourists. 30 million tourists, but organized like they are now, that is in a completely casual manner. This is because in the past they (the previous administration) thought that it was enough to have the Colosseum, the Pantheon, Trevi Fountain, and so there was no need to invest in the rest of Rome (its services), so the tourism became over tourism (means the city's services are unable to handle huge crowds)." ASSOCIATED PRESS Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/1a7cb2002eab44c9b449157e8f745db5