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With the approval of the Italian Finance Act, Venice may require visitors to pay a contribution of between 2.5 and 5 euros, and up to 10 euros in high season, to enter the city. The measure is provided for in paragraph 1129 of Article 11 of the Draft Budget 2019 and provides for the possibility for the municipality to adopt in its policies the application of a landing fee. instead of the tourist tax.
will be charged to all who arrive "with any carrier." However, it will only be for tourists who will not spend the night in the city. The idea is that the ticket works as a substitute for the currently paid tourist tax and constitutes a supplement for the tickets of companies providing transport services – buses, planes, cruise ships – for commercial purposes in Venice [19659002] "for the daily tourists, who constitute the majority of the visitors of the city, but only in terms of turnover, which represents 30% compared to the 70% reported by the few million people who spend the night", says Matteo Sechi, voice of the badociation Venessia.com, which is fighting for the defense of the city against mbad tourism.
It could be another step taken by Venice to try to control the influx of tourists arriving in the municipality. In recent months, city council has announced new restrictions, which have sparked controversy in Italy.
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