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25.04.2024 - 12:17 / dailyrecord.co.uk
A new daily charge for UK holidaymakers visiting the popular Italian hotspot of Venice has today been imposed with only certain groups of people exempt from this fee.
The access fee of €5 (£4.29) will be in place for the rest of April, most of May and certain dates in June and July this year. According to The Guardian, the city's mayor Luigi Brugnaro has claimed that this new charge has been brought in to deter overcrowding and make Venice "livable" again.
However, locals in Venice accused the authorities of making the city a "theme park" with this change. Venice has long been dealing with an increase of tourists and day-trippers, with visitors reaching an all-time high in 2023.
Matteo Secchi, leader of residents' activist group Venessia, told the publication: "I can tell you that almost the entire city is against it. You can’t impose an entrance fee to a city; all they’re doing is transforming it into a theme park. This is a bad image for Venice … I mean, are we joking?"
The daily fee of £4.29 or €5 in local currency needs to be paid if you visit the city between the hours of 8:30am until 4pm - visiting before or after this time will exclude you from the payment.
There are certain days in 2024 so far that this daily charge will be imposed and certain groups that will be continuously exempt from it - no matter the time of day or date.
Read on below to find out more.
According to the Access Fee Town of Venice website, this charge will be imposed on the following dates in 2024:
April 29
April 30
May 1
May 2
May 3
May 4
May 5
May 11
May 12
May 18
May 19
May 25
May 26
June 8
June 9
June 15
June 16
June 22
June 23
June 29
June 30
July 6
July 7
July 13
July 14
The website has also detailed which groups of people are exempt from this daily charge. These
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