Venice: entrance money against the rush of visitors News

Venice is suffering from the onslaught of tourists. The rush to contain, to be in the centre of the city in the future, a kind of entrance fee is due. The adopted budget provides for it.

Jan-Christoph Kitzler, ARD Studio Rome

The adopted budget of the Italian government also brings changes for Venice, and all who want to visit the lagoon city: the Future aims to be a kind of entrance fee for tourists is due. Depending on the season, you have to pay between 2.50 euros and five Euro, in the absolute high season, up to ten euros admission.

The money is to be collected by the transport company to collect the tourists. So, an appropriate surcharge on the train - or flight ticket or the price of the cruise is due.

In April, the authorities have installed barrier at several Points in the city of access, in order to direct the tourist flows better.

antidote to the mass tourism?

may be doubted Whether this helps the mass tourism in Venice curb. However, this is necessary, because the crowds have become a Problem for Venice. A study of the Venetian University of Ca‘ Foscari, the city centre could do with Venice, a maximum of 52,000 visitors a day, or 19 million a year. In fact, nearly 30 million tourists in the year, and the trend, but rising.

Many of these are day visitors who would be affected by the new admission. Overnight guests pay, however, even now a kind of local tax of between two and five euros per day, which should then be abolished.

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