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Venice to charge tourist entry fee for short stays [View all]
Source: BBC
Venice to charge tourist entry fee for short stays
31 December 2018
Venice has won approval to introduce an entry fee of up to €10 (£9; $11.50) for short-stay tourists.
Italy's budget for 2019 has a clause enabling Venice to impose the fee, which will especially target day-trippers arriving on cruise ships.
Tourists already pay a similar "landing tax" when they visit Italy's tiny Aeolian Islands.
Venetians have long complained that mass tourism is swamping the city, adored for its picturesque canals.
Hundreds of cruise ships moor in Venice every year, allowing over a million passengers to see the city's sights.
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31 December 2018
Venice has won approval to introduce an entry fee of up to €10 (£9; $11.50) for short-stay tourists.
Italy's budget for 2019 has a clause enabling Venice to impose the fee, which will especially target day-trippers arriving on cruise ships.
Tourists already pay a similar "landing tax" when they visit Italy's tiny Aeolian Islands.
Venetians have long complained that mass tourism is swamping the city, adored for its picturesque canals.
Hundreds of cruise ships moor in Venice every year, allowing over a million passengers to see the city's sights.
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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-46721456
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