For a long time Venice is trying to regulate the tourists flows better. This should now also contribute an entrance fee for day visitors. Also other cities in Italy to see this measure as a useful one.
Starting in may, tourists are invited in Venice to the checkout. Moderate three Euro per Person to be announced mayor Luigi Bruganoro on Monday in Venice. The amount is expected to rise from next year to six, maximum of ten Euro, depending on the tourist rush. Hotel guests are not affected by the lump sum, you are already making a levy under the local tax.
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Venice has been fighting for years against the tourist rush and tried again and again with different strategies to keep the masses in check. “We need to tell the whole world how difficult it is to manage such a special place,” Bruganoro. The measures are designed to study “protect those who live in our area, or to work,” said Venice’s mayor, Luigi Brugnaro. The money is to be used primarily for the cleaning of the city.
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The hotel Association Federalberghi, said that it is fair, if not only hotel guests pay the “bill”. Association President bernabo Bocca said: “Our cities are not museums and in museums, it is right to buy a ticket”.
Visit Venice according to various estimates, each year between 20 and 30 million people. Especially the day-trippers with its own catering to be viewed critically, because they pay neither in the city nor any of the other posts.
Also in other Italian tourist cities, the call for a solution of the Venetian model, according to the. The mayor of Florence, Dario Nardella, told the newspaper “La Repubblica”, he would support such an Initiative. “You need to have a national law that applies to any city of art.”
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