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.....under scheme designed to protect it from excess tourism.
//Authorities in Venice have been accused of transforming the famous lagoon city into a “theme park” as a long-mooted entrance fee for day trippers comes into force.
Venice is the first major city in the world to enact such a scheme. The €5 (£4.30) charge, which comes into force today, is aimed at protecting the Unesco world heritage site from the effects of excessive tourism by deterring day trippers and, according to the mayor, Luigi Brugnaro, making the city “livable” again.//
Will it have any effect? It does get horrendously busy in high season but day trippers I think are mostly those coming on cruise ships, so I doubt it will work. Apart from that it's less than the price of a cup of coffee there so it certainly wouldn't deter me. I love the place.
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.if you're on a cruise liner they'll simply have added the charge to the cost of the holiday; nobody''s going to notice €5 when they're paying hundreds or thousands. But if it goes to the city, maybe it will help.
Long term, they may have to close off the entrances to the lagoon with something like Thames barriers, to control the flooding that's already happening, and build port facilities somewhere like Chioggia. Day trippers can get round on motor boats and should pay a lot more than €5 - €50 might be better, the city's worth it.
It wouldn't stop me and maybe it depends on what time of the year you go - I went in March for 3 days, had lovely springlike weather. No smells, canals looked clean, wasn't robbed, had delicious hot chocolates and cannolis right next to the Rialto Bridge that cost no more than if I was in the centre of Bournemouth and I found the whole place totally magical. Everyone shoud go there once IMO.
Prudie, the charge is only going to apply on 29 days, it seems, which is remarkably few and I don't see it making that much money
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nothing like being somewhere yourself; even Michael Palin doesn't get to do my travelling for me.
Mind you, a few years back we were having tea in a nomads' encampment in the Sudanese desert, and someone asked if they'd seen many Europeans before. They said "Oh yes, Joanna Lumley was here last month."
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