A maximum number of tourists who can enter it each day will be established and, if that limit is exceeded, whoever arrives will have to pay more
From January 16, 2023 will be mandatory Reserve the entrance to the Italian city of Venice (north), which will become the first in the world to adopt this system for the control of mass tourism, announced today from its City Council.
“This is surely a complex method, which will not immediately obtain applause or electoral consensus, but it will a stone in the tourist model“ from the futuresaid the Councilor for Tourism, Simone Venturini, at a press conference.
Pay a ticket between 3 and 10 euros
From January 16, to enter the emblematic City of Canals, World Heritageit will be necessary to reserve through a system online available “a couple of months before” y pay a ticket whose price will vary between 3 and 10 euros.
For example, as with trains or airplanes, if the tourist books well in advance, the price will be lower, because in this way it will allow better management of tourist flows, indicated for his part the Councilor for the Budget, Michele Zuin.
The ciudadhe underlined, “will never be closed“but it will establish a maximum number of tourists that they can enter it every day and, in case that limit is exceeded, whoever arrives will have to pay more, and this will also be true for the passengers of the huge cruise ships.
The ticket reservation and payment system will in any case continue to be developed and continuously supervised for possible changes or improvements.
“Being the first city in the world to experience this system (…) it would be arrogant to believe that everything will work perfectly with a snap of the fingers. It will be a process that can be improved,” said Venturini, who advanced other measures to stop mass tourism.
Who will not pay this fee?
will be exempt from booking y pay the tourist sleeping in the citywell now will pay the overnight rate daily in their hotels (4.50 euros for a maximum of five days).
The exemption will also apply to residents, workers of Venice and its smaller islands, born in her, studentsproperty owners, children under 6 yearsdisabled and their companions or those who come to their hospitals.
Nor will they pay residents in the Veneto regionattendees at sporting events, public administrators, authorities on mission, emergency volunteers or the Armed Forces.
path to ensure safety
The City Council will introduce a driver system and fines of up to 300 euros for those who do not prove that they are entitled to the exemption and for those who have lied to obtain that advantage.
“Go through and enjoy this city it will be more beautiful if you reserve“, considered Zuin, who insisted that Venice will not be closed “never” and to “no one”. “We do not want to make money, it is only an incentive and disincentive method to have more equitable flows,” he concluded.
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Venice has embarked on a way to ensure safety of its unique urban heritage, such as the prohibition of the passage of large cruise ships in front of its delicate Plaza de San Marcos or putting in place the system of barriers that prevents flooding with the arrival of high tides from the Adriatic in its lagoon.
will now try limit the tourism that has suffered for decades and that has only grown (5.5 million arrivals and almost 13 million overnight stays in 2019, before the pandemic), while the native population of its historic center does not stop fallingup to around 50,000 inhabitants.