VTP anticipates an investigation on the perception of the Venetian population regarding the topic of the great ships in San Marco Basin



Venice Passenger terminal (VTP), the society controlled from the Harbour Authority of Venice that manages the passenger terminals of the Venetian port and participates to terminalistiche activities in other Italian ports is in the segment of the passengers that in that of the nautical one from diporto, have commissioned to Medium Community Research an investigation in order to analyze sentiment and the perceptions of the Venetian and Venetian population on the topic of the passage of the great ships in San Marco Basin, survey that is realized last February interviewing by telephone or via web 1,314 residents to Venice or in Veneto.

Venice Passenger terminal has announced that from the investigation "it emerges clearly as the majority of the population is not to acquaintance of the real issue, unless for the aspects legacies to the obligations of safety". With reference to the degree of information on the topic of the transit of the great ships in San Marco Basin to Venice the investigation explains that "majority (53.3%) declares of having a general information on the topic, above all between how many they live in the other provinces of Veneto (58.2%)", "about a fifth (22.6%) has followed the argument in detailed way, in particular who lives to Venice Centro Storico (34.3%)" and "24.2% have on the whole not felt to speak about argument (4.2%) or 8.8% were not interested () or, still, it has not had time in order to inquire (11.2%), above all between how many they live in the other municipalities of the anyway Venetian province of Venice and".

"The panel of answering - it has explained the company - thinks that the great ships are an opportunity for the economy and the job: majority (49.8%) considers, in fact, that the activities of the port produce to economic occupation and opportunities. A fifth (22.7%) are placed to average via between the opportunities and the damages generated from the harbour activities, while little less than a quarter of consulted (23.1%) emphasize, instead, as they constitute a damage to the atmosphere and the territory, in particular between how many live outside Venice".

A diagram of the relationship of Medium Community Research that outlines the "representations (molto+moltissimo; %)" of the great ships to Venice anticipate the following percentages: economic opportunity and of job 78,5; too much large 78,1; polluting 65,4; harmful 55,3; dangerous 52,2; funny 50,2; relaxant 47,3; cultural opportunity 40,9.

Venice Passenger terminal has found that "to the demand to specify which are the real problems for the city of Venice, the Venetian population indicates to the first place the issue of the reclamation of the industrial areas of Marghera (according to 43% of the champion). The passage of the great ships in San Marco Basin comes more to the fifth place between the felt problems (according to 22.5% of the population), after the promotion of the local handicraft (for 28.1%), the restoration of artistic assets (27.5%) and the management of tourist flows (27.4%)".

Moreover VTP has explained that, "interrogated on the information degree on the topic of the great ships to Venice, about fifth of Venetian population (22.6%) declares to have followed the argument in detailed way, in particular who lives to Venice Centro Storico (34.3%). Majority (53.3%) admits of having a general smattering on the topic, while 24.2% have not felt to speak about the argument. The main information channel is the television (48.8%), but who lives in Centro Storico of Venice the reading of daily paper (42.9% prefers). More marginal they turn out the other forms of information, between which social networks (7.4%) in particular".

"50% of the Venetian population - it has still found VTP - are declared substantially positive regarding the issue of the passage of the great ships in San Marco Basin. Only 27% turn out to be who convinced opponent".

At last the investigation evidences that "if the great ships did not arrive more to Venice, fallen back the more obvious second Venetian population and Venetian they would be perceived on the occupational and economic front, in particular on the workers of the port, the enterprises connected to the harbour activity and on the enterprises connected to tourism".