The popular Italian tourist destination of Venice will soon trial a tourist tax that was originally supposed to take effect in the summer of 2022. In an ongoing effort to combat overcrowding during ...

VENICE, Italy (AP) — 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 ...

April 25 has long been a historic day in Venice – the date is not just Italy’s Liberation day, but it’s also the feast day of the city’s patron saint, St. Mark. But now Venice will notch up another ...

In Venice, a city so beautiful that other countries claim their city is "the Venice of [insert geographic descriptor]" tourism remain steadfast. A 2020 study by the Department of Economics at the ...

Venice's bid to address the scourge of overtourism—a new tourist fee, which took effect last week—devolved into chaos on day one of the experiment, underscoring the magnitude of the challenge posed by ...

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Venice's daytripper fee is returning in 2026 as of April. This year, the number of days that the levy will be in place has been extended to 60, compared to 54 in 2025. The tax aims to curb 'hit and ...

VENICE, Italy — Venice on Sunday wraps up a pilot program charging day-trippers an entrance fee, more than $2.2 million richer and determined to extend the levy, but opponents in the fragile lagoon ...

Starting in January, Venice will oblige day-trippers to make reservations and pay a fee to visit the historic lagoon city, in a bid to better manage visitors who often far outnumber residents in the ...