Swamped with tourists, Venice eyes new day-tripper fee
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The city of Venice, Italy on Tuesday approved new guidelines to test a proposed five euro fee for day-trippers during peak visitor weekends.
The fee, initially 5 euros ($5.50) per day-tripper, is "not a tool for making cash," the city said in a statement. Instead, the strategy aims to improve the quality of life for Venice’s dwindling number of full-time residents as well as overnight visitors, who already pay a lodging tax and so will be exempt from the fee.
The test will last about 30 days and take place in 2024 on spring weekends spanning Italian national holidays and on summer weekends. The exact days of the test will be set by the city in the coming weeks.
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