Venice earns 2.4 million euros from admission fees

Fees will also be charged next year, but the “base rate” will be lower.

The Italian lagoon city of Venice has collected more than 2.4 million euros from charging daytime visitors an entrance fee for the first time. A total of 485,000 paying visitors registered during the 29-day test phase. This is the first official balance sheet published by the city government on Friday.

mayor Luigi Brugnaro The fee will continue to be charged on certain days next year. He did not comment on the amount or other details.

Up to 10 Euros

The world’s first such test for a mass tourism city ended last weekend. As is known, from next year, if the city on the Italian Adriatic Sea with its many canals becomes particularly crowded, visitors will have to pay a fee of up to 10 euros. However, the “basic tariff” should be lower – perhaps three euros. There are no reliable estimates yet of how many tourists have managed to avoid paying the fee.

Basically, during the first test phase, there’s a €5 entrance fee between 8:30am and 4pm, mainly on weekends. You can get a QR code online and upload it to your phone. Failure to do so will result in a fine of up to €300 – but in reality no one has to pay that much. There are some exceptions: for example, locals, hotel guests and children under 14 don’t have to pay anything. It should stay that way. (APA/DPA)