The Amazon founder and Lauren Sánchez are due to tie the knot next week - as activists say Venice is being turned into an "asset" for the rich and famous.

Jeff Bezos and his fiancée, Lauren Sánchez, will hold their wedding in Venice next week. But some Venetians, already frustrated by overtourism, say they're not welcome.

After struggling at first to hang a massive “No Space for Bezos” banner, complete with a drawing of his inarguably phallic Blue Origin rocket in the center, a handful of speakers roused the crowd of around 300 Venetians,