5 euros won't stop anyone from going to Venice

It's too cheap to have an effect!

It's very expensive to maintain the historical buildings, conservation should be top priority

Should be higher tbh

This is not the solution to the problem. If we continue down this path these things will only be for the rich.

People pay hundreds of euro to travel/visit Venice. Another 5 € will not help over congestion.

5 Euros in meaningless for tourists and laughable

seems like they dont want backpacker.

Last time I checked, an Espresso at Caffè Florian costs 7 euros. A frigging Espresso.

Tourists will pay but arabs can roam for free!😅😅😅😅😅

I agree! These buildings are constantly suffering from water filtration and other issues! The funds would benefit the restoration and maintenance.

She is on another planet 😮

I liked her thoughtful response, very well considered and to the point, yet the journalist didn't seem to get it.

What a joke €5, don’t people pay tourist taxes anyways on hotels ect?

If they Want to charge a fee to enter in a Building that's one thing but to charge to Visit Venice, keep your City we can go somewhere else.

I was there fifteen years ago and it was jam packed with people. All of the major sites in Italy, France are jammed to rafters with people in the summer. So much so I would think real hard on going there during those times. I can see why Venice is doing this. Gorgeous city.

I was just in lovely Venice and we paid a tourist fee at our hotel (4€ per day if i recall correctly). I did not find it absurd. But i suggest they charge those who come for the day from the mainland vs tourists who pay for hotels and 3 meals a day etc. Thank you Venetians for sharing your beautiful home

This won't work... EUR5?? I went there in 2003 and a cappucino near Rialto was EUR8....

Totally understandable.

Sooooo they’re turning it into a theme park

Not even 50 euros would put a dent to the number of tourists. Maybe 100 would deter students.

5 Euros is not enough. Maybe 200 Euros?

..... I never understood why people go Venice for the smelly environment

5 Euros when a holiday to Venice could have cost 1,000s. Won't make any difference. Should have been 20 Euros

_'Eating and drinking and consuming the art and history at every turn. We have our fun and we leave.'_ Tourists also pay a value-added tax of up to 22% and fees to visit places. And let's keep mind all the Italian workers who are employed in Venice due to tourism. Not only do they pay VAT too, they and their employers also pay other tax such as that on income. Venice is a 'living city' in large part due to tourism. You don't see any steel mills and chemical plants providing alternative employment there, do you? It's a money grab. Five euros will dissuade no one. This tells us the authorities still want all the tourists and use the claim of 'over tourism' not to reduce tourism but to fleece a few more euros from them.

Charge more not more than 500euro

What a great idea! These funds are badly needed for conservation and to offset the effects of heavy tourism.

How can 5 Eruos stop a tourist that has already spent thousands, from going anywhere? I think it makes it worse, now with lines of people checking... and I don´t know how the Venetian government works, if its transparent or not in it´s handling of money, but who´s going to see the benefot of this? I doubt the residents of Venice ever will. I think the woman on this piece is completely correct, they need to work on the real issues, not quick and non-efficient "solutions".

5 euro won't discourage any tourists from coming. But is it enough to pay for the decay higher influx of the population cause? However if you want fewer tourists you have to charge at least 100 euro per day.

I spent a month in Italy driving the depth and breadth of the entire country. I even spent a day in San Mareno. It was the adventure of a lifetime. However, in all that time I had NO desire to see Venice. Too crowded, too polluted and too expensive. There is so much more to see in Italy. Now there is just one more reason to skip Venice when I travel there again.

Next year it will be 10 Euro

Maybe the locals can move out to a less populated area and rent out their properties for tourists. This brings in more renvenue into the country and City and creates more jobs for locals in services industry. Convert the city into eco-tourism.

I wouldn't mind paying £20 if it is going to support world heritage sites.

The interviewer tried his best.

The fee is all about making extra money. If they really cared about what they say, the charge would be much higher. Another way to make a few bucks

If it concerns the effect on environment, building, resident and overall impact to the Venice then why not limit the number of visitors. Or this is an excuse to Collect more money. $5-10 isn’t going to deter the tourists.

According to Statista, they received 3.3 billion euros in tourist related revenue in 2022. Is that not enough for them? I minded to add, that Munich over here, received 8.5 billion. A well off city in comparison. Maybe they ought brew a better beers and sell sausages.

There is a country that charges to enter it. 100 usd per day 😂

May I suggest to just increase the tourist tax to at least 100 euros per person to actually subsidize the Venetians and make it possible for them to stay and live in Venice. Think of it as oil-rich countries using oil to subsidize its citizens. It’s just in Venice’s case that their resource is the beauty, art and history of where they live.

I doubt 5 Euros will have much of an effect, if you can afford a trip to Venice, you can afford 5 Euros.

Venice is a high-maintenance city. Better tourists to pay the bill, than just taxpayers.

Went recently, what an amazing place. But sooooo much graffiti. Its insane. And it's a premeditated crime - who on earth heads out with a spray can without having one thing in mind. It should be a mandatory fine of repainting the house you have defamed and 10k euro find on top. And 5 euro is too low, make it a minimum of 25 euro. A lot of museums have a similar entry fee and Venice is a living museum.

A good move. Venice is sinking. The money could be useful for infrastructure weather protection.

Sounds like a great idea, keep raising the prices until only the wealthiest can afford to travel. Can't blame them too much, Disney charges about $200 per person per day...

it is Venice, if you charge €50,,, people wouldve still come… to stop people come, start charging people €100, now we’re talking.😅

Soon we will see Times Square fee, Cologne Cathedral fee, Grand Canyon fee, Oktoberfest fee, Ibiza fee, Mallorca fee, fee fee fee fee. Easy way to milk guests.

Red herring

Are you kidding me.....I agree with the other comments...people pay thousands to go to europe and visit, 5 euros..wont stop tourists. CHARGE MORE, RAISE MORE MONEY FOR YOUR INFRASTRUCTURE AT LEAST.

She sounds like Audrey Hepburn

Oh yeah, this idea has genius written all over it. Lets take the one thing that makes money like crazy for the city and discourage the people who leave a big chunk of euros and dollars there every year.

People STAY HOME!SUPPORT YOUR OWN ECONOMY!!!

I like to live in Venice but tourists are so annoying

Every country will follow suit , its madness ! especially if tourism brings in most of your earnings etc , i live in Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 and i believe some sites should be protected and preserved , its about respect those native to these places they still need to work, attend schools etc , if things keep going this way tourism will over

Greetings. The world is full of History. Venice with its putrid sewage canals, the congestion, and high cost will eventually dissuade tourists.

It's all about money.

Like Venice isn't expensive enough

Japan banned tourists in sone places for harassing the maiko/geisha residents . residents should come first.

🧞 Even Italian Don't visiting Italiaaaa‼️

Okay, keep Venice for yourself, stop tourists coming.

It's a laughable amount. Come on Venice you can do better than that!

To the extent that the fee acts as a deterrent, that's good. And of course the money will be welcome to address the wear and tear excess tourism brings. But why not charge even more? These tourists are the same ones who will blithely spend hundreds of dollars in the US to enter Disneyland or Disneyworld, far less wonderful places than Venice, and then pay overinflated prices for food and souvenirs and various land and boat rides. Why can't Venice charge €50? even €75? They could even offer 2-day or 3-day passes at a less-per-day rate. Then of course they could offer free or reduced-rate entry for groups of students and folks over 70. Venice is entertainment for the huge majority of tourists: why not have them pay the going rate?

There are a lot of larger tourist cities that are literally swapped with tourists every year and literally ruining them - Yes control the # of tourists with any means that work. As far as cities go in peacetime there can be near nothing more devastating👍 - 👍

Oh what a problem 😂😂 whole eu should know about venice canalisation. Btw Ukraine fighting for eu - and eu watching about venice canals 😂😂😂 double standards - nope , it's triple 😂😂😂

Tax tax tax tax tax. Suggest tourists stop going. The buildings are old and boring. There is no culture there. Seriously, hotels are generally taxed, and often a community tax is added. I'm surprised the statists need more.

Why do i need to pay to access a city?🤔 5 Euros could get me a street food come on!

A fiver hahahahahahahahaahahahahah embarrassing

Sure, let the poor youngsters stay at home, Venice only for the rich. Well done!

😂😂😂🤦

Why do people feel the need there, anyway? Boating on a putrid body of water?

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Another robbery of tourists!

Once she said climate crisis, I was out.

Are they going to dump sewage someplace else? ;) Ask the same of New York, big money made over the years, but where does their sewage go? ;)

boycott venice

We should stop tourism and travelling full stop

For EU citizens also? What about Freedom of movement or Schengen Agreement that applies to EU citizens? Don't get me wrong. I love the idea to force Americans and Asian tourist to pay even more!!!

It should've been higher than 5 Euro... 50⍷ would be ideal to enter such beautiful city.