Venice enforces new €5 entrance fee for UK tourists from today in latest crackdown
dailyrecord.co.ukA 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.
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