L’impatto del turismo sul commercio al dettaglio. Il caso di Venezia

The tourism is one of the most important elements able to transform the urban structure of a city. This is particular true regarding the commercial structures, especially during the affirmation of the mass tourism. For this reason, a multivariate analysis through the Principal Components is presented in order to identify the urban structure of the Venetian city as well as the areas interested by this phenomena. Furthermore, in order to understand deeply the transformation occurred as a consequence of the tourism for the entire urban system, an investigation and comparison of shops typologies in a period of thirty years has been made. Finally, an identification of the most important pathways interested by the tourism phenomena has been identified and investigated.