PARIS : Controversial Choice
The Paris-based International Exhibition Bureau is scheduled to decide Thursday on the site of the Expo 2000 world’s fair, and lovers of Venice around the globe are waiting for its verdict with bated breath.
Italian Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti says that hosting the event would give his government the chance to inject new life in Venice’s economy and to launch long-term projects to protect its artistic heritage. But opponents, including Venice’s city council, argue that it would be irreversibly damaged by new construction for the fair and a massive influx of tourists.
Other contenders for the event: Toronto and Hanover, West Germany.
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