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Per i turisti, queste restrizioni sono sempre più una seccatura.

Per i turisti, queste restrizioni sono sempre più una seccatura.
For tourists, these restrictions are increasingly a nuisance.
From Lesson 446:Emphatic exclamations (che)·Italian

Questions & Answers about Per i turisti, queste restrizioni sono sempre più una seccatura.

Since this lesson is about emphatic exclamations with che, how would I use that structure to exclaim "What a nuisance!"?
You would say Che seccatura!. Notice that unlike in English ("What a nuisance!"), Italian emphatic exclamations drop the indefinite article completely. You simply use Che directly followed by the noun.
Why is "increasingly" translated as sempre più instead of a single adverb?
While Italian does have a direct equivalent for increasingly (crescentemente), it sounds very formal and technical. In everyday spoken and written Italian, it is much more natural to use sempre più (literally "always more") before a noun or adjective to mean "increasingly."
Could I use sempre di più in this sentence instead of sempre più?
It wouldn't sound right here. Sempre più is used as a modifier placed directly before a noun or adjective phrase (like una seccatura). Sempre di più is usually placed after a verb to show that an action is increasing (e.g., I turisti si arrabbiano sempre di più - "The tourists are getting more and more angry").
Where does the word seccatura (nuisance) come from?
It comes from the verb seccare, which literally means "to dry." Figuratively, it means "to annoy" or "to bore"—imagine a situation so tedious that it dries up your patience and energy! You will often hear Italians use the verb in commands like Non seccarmi! (Don't bother me!).
Why is it i turisti here instead of just turisti, since it translates to the general English "For tourists"?
In Italian, when you speak about a category of people or things in a broad, general sense (tourists as a whole), you must include the definite article. English drops the article for general plural nouns, which is why "tourists" becomes i turisti.

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