Venice extends €5 tourist entry fee to 2025

The fee, which only applies to daytrippers, will be in force on weekends and public holidays from April to July.

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Luigi Brugnaro said the objective remained that of discouraging tourists from visiting the city on the same days "to give Venice the respect it deserves".

Day trippers who book ahead will have to pay €5 (£4.17; $5.41) to access the Italian city on certain days between April and July, rising to €10 if they book less than four days in advance.

A charge was first introduced last April and it covered 29 days - mostly weekends and public holidays - over a four-month period.

The tax will be applied every Friday to Sunday, and on public holidays, between 18 April and 27 July 2025, for a total of 54 days.

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