Venice pushes ahead with €10 entry fee plan as tourists flock back

Authorities hope charge for day-trippers will help control numbers after visitors hit pre-pandemic levels

are pushing ahead with a plan to charge day-trippers up to €10 to enter the lagoon city as they scramble to gain control of tourism after visitor numbers hit pre-pandemic levels over the Easter weekend.

Luigi Brugnaro, the mayor of Venice, said the city was “the first in the world” to conduct “this difficult experiment”. “Tourism in Venice is starting again, and is a breath of fresh air for [tourism] operators,” Brugnaro tweeted. “Today, many have understood that the booking system is the right path to take for a more balanced management of tourism.”

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