The Municipality of Venice recently approved the levying of an entrance fee to the city
07-09-23
The fee or "access contribution" is part of a strategy aimed at controlling mass tourism and will initially be 5 euros for those wishing to visit the city starting next European spring.
Venice thus becomes the first city in the world to introduce such a measure. It is a provision that was announced several times and approved for the first time in July 2022 and would be applied as of January 16 of this year.
Venice, a UNESCO World Heritage City, receives some 20 million visitors a year in an area of 414 km², making it one of the 55 sites included by UNESCO itself on the 2023 list of World Heritage in Danger.
The new entrance fee, after review by the relevant commissions, will be finally approved next September 12 and will be in force in 2024 for about 30 days.