VENICE, Italy (Reuters) – Venice plans to trial an entry price of 5 euros ($5.35) for one-day guests subsequent yr in a bid to handle the inflow of vacationers drawn to its historic canals, town council stated on Tuesday.
The price will probably be utilized on a 30-day trial foundation subsequent yr, focusing primarily on spring holidays and summer time weekends when tourism numbers are at their peak.
All guests over 14 years previous should pay it.
Simone Venturini, a member of the Venice Tourism Board, stated the purpose was to search out “a brand new stability between the rights of those that reside, research or work in Venice and those that go to town”.
He added that this was not a money-making transfer, saying the price would solely cowl the price of working the scheme.
Stefano Mazzola by way of Getty Photographs
The precise dates for the plan and the way to handle will probably be agreed upon after the Council’s closing approval, which is predicted subsequent week.
First floated in 2019, the plan was initially delayed as a result of coronavirus, which turned away vacationers, and later because of technical and procedural causes.
In the meantime, guests have flocked again to Venice, the place outsiders usually outnumber town middle’s inhabitants of about 50,000, dominating its slender alleyways.
Overtourism has lengthy been an issue for the delicate lagoon metropolis.
In July, UNESCO specialists beneficial that Venice and its lagoon be added to its checklist of World Heritage in Hazard, claiming that Italy had not achieved sufficient to guard town from the affect of local weather change and mass tourism.
(Writing by Keith Ware; Modifying by Elvis Armellini; Modifying by Hugh Lawson)
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