Venice entrance fee doubles for last-minute travellers

Venice reintroduces the entrance fee and raises its price for last-minute tourists. Venice is the first city in the world to charge tourists an entrance fee.

A year ago, Venice became the world’s first city to charge admission. Its five-euro ticket was on trial in the city from April to July.

From tomorrow, the fee will be reintroduced and doubled for passengers arriving in the city with three days’ notice.

You have to pay an entrance fee if you arrive in Venice for a day trip during peak periods, i.e. certain weekends and public holidays. Once again this year, an unticketed traveller could face a fine of up to €300.

The entry ticket is the newest way in the Venice administration to strive to address over -tourism against the city, against which locals have rebelled for decades.

The introduction of the admission ticket has been angry with the Venetians, who have long demanded heavy means to incense their hometown of over -tourism. The entrance fee is feared to transform the city into a museum or amusement park and is not believed to reduce the number of tourists.

Around 30 million visitors

In Venice, northeastern Italy, nearly 30 million tourists visit each year. It is a huge amount for a small city of about 50,000 inhabitants. Most of the visitors pop in the city during the day.

In particular, the city wants to reduce the number of day tourists in particular.

A fee of five or ten euros will hardly stop the tourist flow.

Last year, the city charged an entry fee of approximately 450,000 travelers between April and July.

For years, UNESCO, the UN Cultural Organization, has been concerned that overpowering can endanger Venice as a world heritage site.

According to the organization, the actions caused by human activity, such as construction, mass tourism and climate change, threaten the city’s irreplaceable values.