Announcing the plan on Tuesday (5 September), Venice city council officials said the fee would be applied on a trial basis on 30 days – focusing mainly on spring bank holidays and summer weekends during peak visitor periods.
All visitors aged over 14 will need to pay, with the council’s member for tourism, Simone Venturini, telling Reuters it was not a money-making scheme, insisting the fee would only cover the cost of running the trial scheme.
He said the aim was about finding “a new balance between the rights of those who live, study or work in Venice and those who visit the city”.
