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Venice expands day-tripper tax in bid to combat overtourism

April 19, 2025138 Views

Venice is charging day-trippers to the famed canal city an arrivals tax for the second year starting Friday, a measure aimed at combating the kind of overtourism that put the city’s UNESCO World Cultural Heritage status at risk. A UNESCO body decided against putting Venice on its list of cultural heritage sites deemed in danger after the tax was announced. But opponents of the day-tripper fee say it has done nothing to discourage tourists from visiting Venice even on high-traffic days. Tourists walk in Venice, Italy, Friday, April 18, 2025, Venice on Friday launches for a second year a pilot program to charge day-trippers an entrance fee. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni) Here’s a look at Venice’s battle with overtourism by the numbers: 5-10 euros (about $6-$11) The fee charged to...

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Tourist tax: Travellers warned over growing fees

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March 16, 2025185 Views

Travellers should plan ahead and avoid being stung by costly tourist tax this summer, as more countries look to charge visitors. Travel insurance comparison experts from Quotezone.co.uk are providing holidaymakers with their very own tourist tax guide for some of the most popular holiday destinations to help them with their holiday planning. This comes after news that holiday hotspots like Greece, France and the Netherlands are increasing their tourist tax in preparation for record visitor numbers. More destinations around the world are also introducing tourist taxes in response to over-tourism and government concerns around local environments and cultural heritage. Tourists carry their luggage in the neighborhood of Koukaki, in Athens, Greece, September 11, 2024. REUTERS/...

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Venice expands tourist entry fee system to include more days

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October 24, 2024382 Views

Venice is going to broaden its tourist entry fee system in 2025, almost doubling the number of days visitors will have to pay to see the lagoon city, and hiking the price for last-minute arrivals, officials said on Thursday. In a world first, the Italian destination introduced a 5- euro charge in April for daytrippers arriving on particularly congested days, hoping the levy would help thin the crowds. Mayor Luigi Brugnaro stressed that the tax aims to help the city and its citizens battle overtourism and avoid huge influxes of visitors during crowded holidays and weekends. FILE PHOTO: Tourists walk in St Mark's Square on the day Venice municipality introduces a new fee for day trippers in a move to preserve the lagoon city often crammed with tourists in Venice, Italy, April 25, 2...

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Barcelona will raise tourist tax for cruise passengers

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July 21, 2024419 Views

Barcelona will raise the tourist tax for cruise passengers visiting the city for less than 12 hours, the mayor said in an interview published on Sunday. Jaume Collboni said the current tourist tax for stopover cruise passengers was 7 euros ($7.61) per day. He did not say by how much the tax would be increased. FILE PHOTO: A man ties protest banners in the balcony of a building that was recently converted for tourist use at Sants neighborhood in Barcelona, Spain, May 19, 2023. The banner reads "No more tourist flats". REUTERS/Albert Gea "We are going to propose..substantially increasing the tax for stopover cruise passengers," he told El Pais newspaper. "In the case of stopover cruise passengers (less than 12 hours) there is intensive use of public space without any benefit for...