And like many other natives, I've taken pride in my non-tourist credentials.
There are few non-tourist shops and only two cinemas in the whole city.
Non-tourist businesses caught in the swarm should relocate to duller city outskirts.
The cheaper, non-tourist discos and the locals' bar are the background to Charly's erratic behaviour and dangerous drunkenness.
She specialises in Indian art, decorative antiques and textiles, and offers shopping tours through the city, helping visitors find authentic goods and to haggle for non-tourist prices.
The concept is called Bistro Gourmet, and this is its first appearance in the Northeast and its first appearance in a non-tourist area.
But it is also important to preserve its economy and the main non-tourist activity, its port ("Saving Venice", September 27th).
On the elegant streets, and even in the Metro, the non-tourist population is largely white, middle-class and well-heeled.
A typical monthly food bill for two is £265, while the average cost of a decent restaurant dinner in non-tourist areas is around £10-£15 £10-£15set-price lunch is typicandy £5-£7.
Watching the movie it is easy to believe that the actors are in fact married, and Roeg's portrait of Venice, with its intelligent, non-tourist locations, is a real vision of a real, working city.
Suddenly all those shy, non-tourist-friendly creatures of the world can be part of the international business of tourism and conservation – and that could be vital for their survival.
