Venice's entry fee, the first by any
city in the world, has already been a failure since its
introduction on the LIberation and St Mark's Day holiday on
April 25, a city councillor told a press conference at the
foreign press club in Rome Monday.
"The entry ticket measure in Venice has failed miserably because
the numbers count and they say that the ticket has in no way
lowered the flow of tourists or staggered the arrivals, but
instead the arrivals are numerically superior with respect to
previous years," said Giovanni Andrea Martini of the city
council group All The City Together.
"There were 70,000 entries just yesterday May 19, while on April
23 last year they were 66,000 and on June 2, 2023, the Italy Day
Holiday, the entries were 65,000," he said at Palazzo Grazioli,
the former Berlusconi residence in the Italian capital.
"Today the city is closed due to the political will of an
administration who with this measure have brought in a little
money but have not saved the soul of the city," he said.
"Venice is rundown because it has been abandoned, or rather
merely used to bring in cash".
Venice has been trialling the 5-euro fee for day trippers to get
in since April 25 and will continue to do so until the end of
July.
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED © Copyright ANSA
