Venice entry fee: Locals furious, tourists confused

Venice entry fee: Locals furious, tourists confused | Dispatch

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Emerging from Venice’s railway station on a dank, rainy morning, Sylvain Pellarin was the first person in the world to arrive in the city as it imposed an entrance fee on tourists, a controversial initiative that is being closely watched by other tourist hotspots.
The scheme, which has divided opinion in the World Heritage city, is intended to drastically cut the number of tourist arrivals and relieve some of the strain that ordinary Venetians have endured for years.
For his part, Mr Pellarin said he was happy to hand over €5 (£4.30) for the entry fee at a shiny new ticket office that has been set up in front of the station, a few yards from the Grand Canal.
“I’ve been coming to Venice since I was a child and I have seen mass tourism intensify,” said the 55-year-old quality controller from Orleans, in France.
“I’m fine with paying it if the money is used well to protect the city. I think it’s right that you have to pay to see a place like Venice.”
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@govinda102000 2 ай бұрын

Tourist have turned it into a theme park. Day trippers and the large ships haven't made Venice any cleaner or better.

@davidebordoni138 4 күн бұрын

Not really. It was the Italian citizens who turned it into a theme park out of greed. I'm saying this as an Italian.

@tomfurmby88 2 ай бұрын

this scheme is expected to raise 73 million euros per year and these Italian bureaucrats think people will believe maintaining the system which is essentially just an online payment website will cost 73 million euros per year? Maybe they need several hundred yachts to house the website servers and keep them secure in an offshore location...

@westsenkovec 2 ай бұрын

When they said they said that Corona was just a practice run, they weren't lying.

@MistyRiley308 2 ай бұрын

Well, in a sense the city is a large museum and theme park. Considering its days above water are likely numbered, maybe the fee is justified.

@davidebordoni138 4 күн бұрын

No, it's against the Italian constitution (article 16).

@whatnextincomo 2 ай бұрын

The codes are a massive data and privacy breach! Not everyone wants, believe it or not, to have an Internet connected phone to carry one always. Venice, like many beautiful places in Italy, is flooded with visitors (citizens as well as foreigners, especially on weekends). We cannot all presume that we should be able to do what we want where we want at the same time, like a herd. But we do. It’s mayhem.

@crispin1046 2 ай бұрын

Orwell 1984 trial

@spudspuddy 2 ай бұрын

exactly

@PattysCards 2 ай бұрын

People who want to go will still go. But it’s unfortunate for Italians looking for vacation in their country

@whatsup3820 2 ай бұрын

Do Romanian pickpockets have to pay also?

@spudspuddy 2 ай бұрын

All about CONTROL

@kenw5104 2 ай бұрын

Welcome to Venice. That'll be 10 Euro for two.

@aircraft2 2 ай бұрын

Places like Italy Spain and Japan becoming so anti tourist is why I'm thankful I was able to travel enough before Covid

@spudspuddy 2 ай бұрын

nothing to do with the mild deliberately spread flu, its all about socialism and controlling the public's every move

@roxximusik8958 2 ай бұрын

I can't understand why Al-Jazeera in particular repeatedly referred to this new tourism tax as being $5, not euros. Why ?

@enricoderojassarson5596 2 ай бұрын

So how does a tax control overuse? Should there just be a capacity limit. If they believe tourists are too many for the carrying capacity, then it is just like a nightclub, limit the occupancy.

@user-iw6xo7xc1e 2 ай бұрын

Yet another Rip off.

@GoMakeIt 2 ай бұрын

Great reporting on a crazy scheme!

@user-pw5ls9ti2j 2 ай бұрын

Much better reporting, here, of the entrance fee than by Simon Calder for the Independent.

@Dungshoveleux 2 ай бұрын

People will book last minute accomodation with the ability to cancel at the last minute.

@visittavee7773 Ай бұрын

We all know where the money go ?

@Yeah-its-me 2 ай бұрын

Is their goal to stop tourism??

@spudspuddy 2 ай бұрын

to control and herd the public like animals, 1984

@rickace132 2 ай бұрын

What about people that live in Italy and just want to go to Venice just to hang out? Now, they will have to pay every time to go there. That's dumb. Maybe, for citizens it should be free.

@roxximusik8958 2 ай бұрын

I'd happily pay the five euros if coffee in St Mark's square was subsidised 50%. Scandalous pricing.

@Rusty84CV 2 ай бұрын

@@roxximusik8958 or just don't get your coffee from St Marks square

@billcarson482 2 ай бұрын

They are the day trippers

@legitjimmyjaylight8409 Ай бұрын

@@billcarson482right and what about people there just doing errands or commuting there for work or making deliveries there, they are day trippers

@cofa4011 2 ай бұрын

What a waste of money. Senior Journalist ? C'mon ...

@yourdaddy925 2 ай бұрын

Ikr. Total bozo 😅

@wadewimpress7529 2 ай бұрын

Going to Venice on holiday is an exciting experience that many people look forward to. However, being required to pay an additional five pounds to enter the city can be seen as a breach of freedom of movement. It restricts people's ability to freely travel and explore without financial constraints. Such policies can create barriers and hinder the enjoyment of what should be a carefree holiday.

@legitjimmyjaylight8409 Ай бұрын

Also, It hurts residents more than tourists. They now have to constantly be ready to prove that they are not a tourist. And God forbid they don't have a smart phone, or they don't have it on them, or the battery is dead or dying or they are not tech savvy. And what of people from near Venice who just want to come visit their family? What of people who live near Venice and need to come into Venice just to do some important errands? What of people or companies making deliveries into Venice or picking things up from Venice for delivery there or elsewhere? So now they have to charge the person they are making a delivery to a tourism tax, of who that person isn't even a tourist. And what of people who have to commute in and out of the city for work? These are all things that are so obviously wrong with this, that the fact that ANYONE at all would support this to means they are extremely stupid or extremely evil.

@DanielEuanHenderson 2 ай бұрын

Didn’t really like Venice , much preferred Verona

@Trav-eller 2 ай бұрын

I felt the same.

@TurdBoi-tf5lf Ай бұрын

Nah, Venezia solos

@visittavee7773 Ай бұрын

Been there it ok and nothing special.

@ciuyr2510 2 ай бұрын

Went full R. Never go full R!

@wonyankeesays5661 2 ай бұрын

So what,,just another place ill never visit

@u2ber888 2 ай бұрын

Broke! The reason like Bali tourism tax.

@eucalyptus3002 2 ай бұрын

Gotta charge 50€ at the very least

@legitjimmyjaylight8409 Ай бұрын

It hurts residents more than tourists. They now have to constantly be ready to prove that they are not a tourist. And God forbid they don't have a smart phone, or they don't have it on them, or the battery is dead or dying or they are not tech savvy. And what of people from near Venice who just want to come visit their family? What of people who live near Venice and need to come into Venice just to do some important errands? What of people or companies making deliveries into Venice or picking things up from Venice for delivery there or elsewhere? So now they have to charge the person they are making a delivery to a tourism tax, of who that person isn't even a tourist. And what of people who have to commute in and out of the city for work? These are all things that are so obviously wrong with this, that the fact that ANYONE at all would support this to means they are extremely stupid or extremely evil.

@eucalyptus3002 Ай бұрын

@@legitjimmyjaylight8409 So what's your solution ?

@eucalyptus3002 Ай бұрын

So what's your solution ?

@legitjimmyjaylight8409 Ай бұрын

@@eucalyptus3002 solution to what? There isn't a problem. Tourism always used to be considered a good thing. Now it's a bad thing?