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In recent years, various methods have been tried in Venice to reduce the huge tourist load that sweeps the city every day. Will the new tourist tax do the job? Details at Walla! Tourism 0


Blown up with tourists: Venice will charge 5 euros per day from each tourist

In recent years, various methods have been tried in Venice to reduce the huge tourist load that sweeps the city every day, including the installation of 500 cameras that will monitor the number of tourists standing at 100,000 per day (!)

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11/01/2022

Tuesday, 11 January, 2022, 11:17 Updated: 11:29

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In the video: The clean Venice canals during the corona closure (Photo: Reuters, Edited by Amit Simcha)

The congestion of tourists visiting Venice has already become a symbol when it comes to the phenomenon of over-tourism, but now the city is taking one more step in dealing with the congestion of visitors, especially when it comes to "hit and run" tourism, where many come to the city, leaving it after a short and exhaustive visit.



The step in question is to collect entrance fees from tourists who visit Venice.

A local joke says that the ancient canal city is sinking not only because of the sea level, but also because of the weight of the masses of tourists.

The Point Guy website reports that in order to limit the cumulative damage that permit tourism creates, every tourist will be required to purchase an entrance ticket to the city, at a cost of five euros per day.

Moreover: the tickets need to be purchased online, even before actually arriving in the city.

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The most popular site in the city.

St. Mark's Square in Venice (Photo: Walla! NEWS, Shutterstock)

100,000 tourists a day

"The goal is to deter one-day tourism, 'hit-and-run tourism' - characterized by arriving in one day and leaving the same day. This is tiring tourism that stresses the city. Instead, our goal is to encourage slower tourism," explains Simon Venturini, deputy mayor and tourism director .



This step is in addition to a series of previous steps taken by the municipal authorities, hoping to reduce the huge number that sometimes reaches 100,000 people who make their way around the city and its canals, every day.



It was also reported that the ticketing system will be backed by 500 CCTV cameras that will be installed throughout the city to monitor the flow of visitors. Alongside this, the local police will harness the cell phone data to characterize the traffic of visitors to the city and determine their identity in real time.



The new toll, which is basically a tourist tax and a way to restrict entry to the popular city, has been under discussion since 2019, but its operation has been delayed due to various reasons, including of course the corona plague.

According to reports, although the actual launch date has not yet been announced, it is expected to become an official requirement within a few weeks.

500 cameras will be installed across the city to monitor the flow of visitors (Photo: ShutterStock)

The tourists enter, the residents leave

As is well known, in recent years tourism has become a double-edged sword for the people of Venice. On the one hand, it provides for many residents, but on the other hand, it severely harms the local way of life, which has been preserved for centuries.


In addition, the huge daily flow of tourists has greatly increased the cost of living, to the point where many locals are forced to leave their hometown to survive. For example, five years ago, 67,000 permanent residents lived in Venice. Today only 50,000 remain in it.



And while it was possible to control in a certain way over-tourism during the Corona, now that a certain loosening of the travel restrictions in the world has been recorded, its damages are again expected to take the forefront of the stage.



Before the plague, Venice attracted no less than 80,000 tourists every day, about 25 million a year.

The heavy load became so unbearable that the UNESCO World Heritage Committee considered adding Venice to the list of endangered heritage sites. The decision was abandoned after Italy recently banned large cruise ships from anchoring in the city area. The huge cruise ships are heavily criticized by locals and activists. The environment, due to their "contribution" to the high density of the city, as well as identified its water canals. "We can not continue to deal with a huge number of tourists," said Mayor Luigi Breuero in September. "Venice is a very small and delicate city.

The number of visitors must be commensurate with its size.

If there is no place - you will not be able to enter. "

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