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April 26, 2024

Venice tests a 5-euro entry fee for day-trippers as the Italian city grapples with overtourism

  • Authorities hope to discourage visitors from arriving on peak days and make the city more livable for its dwindling residents.
    • By COLLEEN BARRY
    Associated Press

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    “We need to find a new balance between the tourists and residents,'' said Simone Venturini, the city's top tourism official. “We need to safeguard the spaces of the residents, of course, and we need to discourage the arrival of day-trippers on some particular days.”

    VENICE, Italy — Under the gaze of the world's media, the fragile lagoon city of Venice launched a pilot program Thursday to charge day-trippers a 5-euro ($5.35) entry fee that authorities hope will discourage visitors from arriving on peak days and make the city more livable for its dwindling residents.


     
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