Venice to charge admission fees for tourists
According to the Venice mayor Luigi Brugnaro, the tourists will be forced to pay admission fees. The tourists who stays overnight in Venice pays between €1 (90p) and €5 per person as hotel tax now.
On Twitter, the mayor announced that he will take advantage of Italy’s liberalised budget laws to introduce what is called a contributo di sbarco – literally a disembarkation contribution for tourists.
“This is a significant turning point in the management of Venice’s tourist flows,” – Luigi Brugnaro. The Veneto governor Luca Zaia, on Wednesday said that “Venice needs respect, and as is the case with museums, sports stadiums, cinemas, trains and airplanes, it needs to have planned visits… which makes it sustainable both for tourists and the city,”
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