Venice (Italian: Venezia) is a city in northern Italy which is renowned for the beauty of its setting, its architecture and its artworks. It is the capital of the region Veneto, with a population of the whole Comune of about 270,660 (census estimate 30 April 2009).

Venice is one of the most important tourist destinations in the world, due to the city's being one of the world's greatest and most beautiful cities of art.[30] The city has an average of 50,000 tourists a day (2007 estimate). In 2006, it was the world's 28th most internationally visited city, with 2.927 million international arrivals that year.