{"id":27747,"date":"2019-01-02T13:22:19","date_gmt":"2019-01-02T13:22:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=27747"},"modified":"2019-01-02T13:22:19","modified_gmt":"2019-01-02T13:22:19","slug":"venice-to-charge-day-trippers-11-to-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=27747","title":{"rendered":"Venice to charge day trippers $11 to visit"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n(CNN) \u2014 <\/cite>A trip to the already pricey city of Venice, Italy<\/a>, will now leave your wallet even emptier than before. Venetian officials have announced plans to charge day visitors up to $11 (\u20ac10) to enter.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n

Currently, the Italian city’s tourist tax only applies to those spending the night.<\/span><\/p>\n

But as Venice sees visitor numbers soar ever higher and streets become ever busier, government measures to combat overtourism are toughening.<\/span><\/p>\n

This new law is the latest — and arguably the most extreme — measure designed to handle the nearly 30 million tourists who visit Venice each year.<\/span><\/p>\n

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In May 2018, Venice officials attempted to limit flows of tourists in the streets.<\/p>\n

ANDREA PATTARO\/AFP\/AFP\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

“From today, the disembarking tax in the historical center of Venice is law,” said Brugnaro.<\/span><\/p>\n

“This will help us to better manage the city, keep it clean, and offer visitors better services.”<\/span><\/p>\n

The mayor added that the introduction of the measure would see Venetian living conditions improve.<\/span><\/p>\n

How much you get charged for your day trip will likely vary depending on the time of year. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Local reaction<\/h3>\n

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Venice receives over 30 million visitors a year.<\/p>\n

Marco Secchi\/Getty Images Europe\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Local Marco Malafante, who manages luxury vacation rentals in the city, says he agrees with the move.<\/span><\/p>\n

“As a Venetian I often found myself stuck in crowded lanes. Venice is engulfed by tourists and we have to reduce the day trippers in favor of a more qualified, let’s call it ‘luxury’ tourism. The alternative is simply that we all are uncomfortable in Venice.”<\/span><\/p>\n

But a Venetian gondolier, who says his name is Cuba, tells CNN he’s not convinced the move addresses the real problems associated with overtourism in Venice.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Entering Venice will be like entering into a museum, I don’t think the measure will help the problem of transforming Venice into a Disneyland, with fake glass shops and piazza sellers replacing the old ‘bottega’ or artisan shops,” he says.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(CNN) \u2014 A trip to the already pricey city of Venice, Italy, will now leave your wallet even emptier than before. Venetian officials have announced plans to charge day visitors up to $11 (\u20ac10) to enter. Currently, the Italian city’s tourist tax only applies to those spending the night. But as Venice sees visitor numbers…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":27748,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world_news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27747","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27747"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27747\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/27748"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}