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Venice rolls out day-tripper fee to try to regulate mass crowds on peak weekends
(english.elpais.com)
this post was submitted on 24 Nov 2023
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If a family plans a trip that involves an international flight, accommodation and preparation, a โฌ6 is not going to change a thing. This seems more like an easy, state-sponsored money grab than a legitimate effort to better manage over-tourism.
You can get around Europe surprisingly cheap. This tax is made so that the people you mention, who pay for hotels and services in the town are not discouraged, but the ones who just walk through spending nothing will avoid the place.
The fee will be payed only by people who stay in the city just for the day. The idea is to discourage this kind of "fast tourism" in favour of people who instead spend more days in the city (then of course, the actual efficacy of this method for reducing overcrowding is to be seen)
It's a start though