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‘I’m happy to pay to visit Venice’, says first person to use new ticket system
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 3 minutes agoEmerging from Venice’s railway station on a dank, rainy morning, Sylvain Pellarin became the first...
Venice launches five-euro entry fee
Digital Journal· 44 minutes agoVenice launched a new scheme Thursday to charge day-trippers for entering the historic Italian city, a world first intended to ease the pressure of mass...
Venice day trip tax begins: Officials tell Simon Calder it is ‘not a money-making scheme’
The Independent via Yahoo News· 24 minutes agoThe city of Venice now demands an entry fee from daytrippers. At 8.30am exactly, I walked through...
Venice entry fees: How much does it cost and how does it work?
The Independent via Yahoo News· 26 minutes agoVenice has become the first city in the world to charge admission for daytrippers – it is now a city...
Venice launches experiment to charge day-trippers an access fee in bid to combat over-tourism
WJTV Jackson· 5 hours agoVENICE, Italy (AP) — Under the gaze of the world’s media, the fragile lagoon city of Venice launches...
Factbox-Italian tourist hotspots start to raise defences against overcrowding
Reuters via Yahoo News· 58 minutes agoVenice became the first city in the world on Thursday to introduce a payment system for visitors in...
Venice starts fining tourists who skip entrance fee to historic centre
Euronews via Yahoo News· 3 hours agoVisitors to Venice who fail to pay the entry fee to the historic city centre will face fines...
What to Know About Venice’s Fees for Day Trips
New York Times· 5 hours agoVenice is trying to mitigate overtourism with a small fee on busy days. City leaders hope it will make visitors more aware of the city’s fragility. After...
We should be charged to enter more cities, says first person to pay for Venice
Daily Telegraph· 1 hour ago“No one has ever done this before,” Luigi Brugnaro, the mayor ofVenice, told reporters ahead of the...
See Inside Christoph Büchel's Symbol-Laden Show in Venice
Artnet News· 2 hours agoA surprising and often unwelcome intervention at the Venice Biennale has become something of a...