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- The city of Venice with its picturesque canals has long drawn visitors from around the world. But the city's charm has a downside, too: Venice is suffering from too much tourism.
This week it became the first city in the world to charge tourists a fee to enter. Anyone visiting the city for a day trip must pay five euros during a trial which runs through most of July. It's hoped the fee will help protect the UNESCO World Heritage Site from overtourism.
For more on this, we talk to Jane da Mosto. She's the Co-Founder and Executive Director of "We are here Venice" - a local organization 'dedicated to the conservation of Venice as a living city’.
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5 euros won't stop anyone from going to Venice
You are quite right.
It should be 50 euro. And they need to ban the cruise ships.
3:05 The tax isn't to stop people from visiting, it's to fund services for the locals.
@@jdotsalter910 so they are not working and paying taxes? Are they lazy locals. Could they not mend the buildings?
As you know tax it is bestowed on others to pay for by the underclass
But at least helps to maintain the infrastructure.
It's too cheap to have an effect!
Free tax revenue... It's a trial, that's the point, it's going to be low at first ofc.
Should be higher tbh
But you pay taxes in your own country, lots of it. I'm sure the EU could easily redistribute funds to maintain buildings in poor countries. It helps universities and startups across the EU. Take Horizon Europe, it has a large budget paid for by the taxpayers
It's very expensive to maintain the historical buildings, conservation should be top priority
The fact the buildings are here after all these hundreds of years is testament to the fact that you didn’t need to say that….
@@matthewyabsleyThey're literally sinking, flooding and degrading like crazy...
@@Betweoxwitegan - Has there ever been a time that they’ve not degraded; or sank? Not really. I suspect there will be a gradual change over to Dutch style floating stilts as opposed to the fixed stilt builds currently. The point is the fact that the whole place still exists now shows that conservation has always been a priority. It shows that the original comment didn’t need to be made.
@@matthewyabsley Fair enough, I admit my comment and the original comment was redundant. I do disagree with the assertion that Venice will be preserved and inhabited for centuries in the future, I think we will see a mass exodus from coastal areas and flood plains, especially Venice into more inland areas partially due to climate change and rising sea levels. At some point it's going to cost more to defend Venice from the water than the revenue the city generates and at that point we will see a mass exodus and eventually it will become uninhabited and underwater. I admit this scenario is a ways away though. I agree with your assessment that building in Venice will become more focussed on flood prevention as it already is but as far as I'm aware there's not that many new builds in Venice.
Also there are many problems with trash and the water stinks in many places. They should invest more in cleaning
This is not the solution to the problem.
If we continue down this path these things will only be for the rich.
Yes, those rich people that can afford 5 Euros.
@@user-ru3ql6ji4p "If we continue down this path"
What can that mean though???
That’s rubbish. If you can afford to fly from the US to Venice you can afford 5 Euros, or even 25 Euros. Think how much 1 ride costs at Disneyland. The huge numbers of tourists traveling to most of the popular visitor destinations around the world are damaging the culture, the infrastructure, the historical and natural sites, not to mention the crowds of people everywhere . I live in Hawaii and no longer go to the beach , when my kids were young we went all the time. Those were the days when we had a nice balance of tourists to locals.
@@annemiura7767 But you will also pay Climate Tax to fly, plus all the other places you want to visit.
While people like Taylor Swift fly a ridiculous amount in her private jet.
Do you think it's going to stop with Venice?
It is ok, if Venice can become a city again, it is perfect if only rich ppl can visit it. I have photos in internet. You are not entitled to visit whatever you want if the pleb massive cheap tourism is destroying that place.
People pay hundreds of euro to travel/visit Venice. Another 5 € will not help over congestion.
5 Euros in meaningless for tourists and laughable
Literally free tax revenue then...
Last time I checked, an Espresso at Caffè Florian costs 7 euros. A frigging Espresso.
I agree! These buildings are constantly suffering from water filtration and other issues! The funds would benefit the restoration and maintenance.
If they were charging to go into a building that would be different. But to charge to go into the City? NO! Think how much you pay at the Hotels the Taxi's. Myself I would go somewhere else where I'm welcome.
Tourists will pay but arabs can roam for free!😅😅😅😅😅
seems like they dont want backpacker.
She is on another planet 😮
She is actually a very intelligent. She's an environmental scientist, quite brilliant.
I was just in lovely Venice and we paid a tourist fee at our hotel (4€ per day if i recall correctly). I did not find it absurd. But i suggest they charge those who come for the day from the mainland vs tourists who pay for hotels and 3 meals a day etc. Thank you Venetians for sharing your beautiful home
I liked her thoughtful response, very well considered and to the point, yet the journalist didn't seem to get it.
What a joke €5, don’t people pay tourist taxes anyways on hotels ect?
That's what I thought too
The fee is only for day trippers.
@@LinhLe-cc9of Day trippers pay VAT of up to 22% plus entrance fees.
And let's keep mind all the Italian workers who are employed in Venice due to tourism. Not only do they pay VAT too, they and their employers also pay other taxsuch as that on income that derived from tourism. Venice is a 'living city' in large part due to tourism. You don't see any steel mills and chemical plants providing alternative employment there, do you?
It's a money grab. Five euros will dissuade no one. This tells us the authorities still want all the tourists and use the claim of 'over tourism' not to reduce tourism but to fleece a few more euros from them.
Everybody wants his piece of the cake. The hotels, restaurants, icecream parlours, bakers. gondoliere, the mob, etc etc. This 5€ is less than a cup of coffee in Venice, but a big pile of money in the cities coffer. "pecunia non olet"!
If they Want to charge a fee to enter in a Building that's one thing but to charge to Visit Venice, keep your City we can go somewhere else.
Totally understandable.
This won't work... EUR5?? I went there in 2003 and a cappucino near Rialto was EUR8....
I was there fifteen years ago and it was jam packed with people. All of the major sites in Italy, France are jammed to rafters with people in the summer. So much so I would think real hard on going there during those times. I can see why Venice is doing this. Gorgeous city.
Not even 50 euros would put a dent to the number of tourists. Maybe 100 would deter students.
I was thinking the same thing. Between 100 and 200 euro would probably make a difference, but 5 euro is a joke.
Why pick on students?!
@@kiviuq3495 I mean even a higher fee would only affect students and less well-off travelers (e.g. backpackers), instead of the bulk of the tourists.
5 Euros is not enough. Maybe 200 Euros?
Sooooo they’re turning it into a theme park
No. They are trying to thin out the crowds a bit to make it more enjoyable for everyone. D'uh!
5 Euros when a holiday to Venice could have cost 1,000s. Won't make any difference. Should have been 20 Euros
How does it cost 1,000's? You can literally fly to Venice for a day and back with €40, fees to enter certain sites, food and transport will cost more but it won't be 1,000's unless you're flying in from like Australia and staying for a while.
@@BetweoxwiteganBoth are too cheap - flights and entry fee... mass tourism unfortunately will destroy this extraordinary town soon!
20 is not enough, maybe 200 Euros.
@@user-ru3ql6ji4p Then the city would lose net revenue, thus a €200 fine would be illogical.
that is $5 a day per person so they dont want big family or back packers.
I wouldn't mind paying £20 if it is going to support world heritage sites.
I would pay also. Hopefully some of the money will go to clean up the graffiti--it's out of control.
What a great idea! These funds are badly needed for conservation and to offset the effects of heavy tourism.
_'Eating and drinking and consuming the art and history at every turn. We have our fun and we leave.'_
Tourists also pay a value-added tax of up to 22% and fees to visit places. And let's keep mind all the Italian workers who are employed in Venice due to tourism. Not only do they pay VAT too, they and their employers also pay other tax such as that on income. Venice is a 'living city' in large part due to tourism. You don't see any steel mills and chemical plants providing alternative employment there, do you?
It's a money grab. Five euros will dissuade no one. This tells us the authorities still want all the tourists and use the claim of 'over tourism' not to reduce tourism but to fleece a few more euros from them.
5 euro won't discourage any tourists from coming. But is it enough to pay for the decay higher influx of the population cause? However if you want fewer tourists you have to charge at least 100 euro per day.
Charge more not more than 500euro
If it concerns the effect on environment, building, resident and overall impact to the Venice then why not limit the number of visitors. Or this is an excuse to Collect more money. $5-10 isn’t going to deter the tourists.
May I suggest to just increase the tourist tax to at least 100 euros per person to actually subsidize the Venetians and make it possible for them to stay and live in Venice. Think of it as oil-rich countries using oil to subsidize its citizens. It’s just in Venice’s case that their resource is the beauty, art and history of where they live.
How can 5 Eruos stop a tourist that has already spent thousands, from going anywhere? I think it makes it worse, now with lines of people checking... and I don´t know how the Venetian government works, if its transparent or not in it´s handling of money, but who´s going to see the benefot of this? I doubt the residents of Venice ever will. I think the woman on this piece is completely correct, they need to work on the real issues, not quick and non-efficient "solutions".
Venice is a high-maintenance city. Better tourists to pay the bill, than just taxpayers.
Maybe the locals can move out to a less populated area and rent out their properties for tourists. This brings in more renvenue into the country and City and creates more jobs for locals in services industry. Convert the city into eco-tourism.
Next year it will be 10 Euro
I doubt 5 Euros will have much of an effect, if you can afford a trip to Venice, you can afford 5 Euros.
I spent a month in Italy driving the depth and breadth of the entire country. I even spent a day in San Mareno. It was the adventure of a lifetime. However, in all that time I had NO desire to see Venice. Too crowded, too polluted and too expensive. There is so much more to see in Italy. Now there is just one more reason to skip Venice when I travel there again.
Tourists should pay to cover the net loss to a tourist destination that their presence incurs. Yes, businesses do well, but taxes on them do not fully pay for infrastructure repairs and maintenance, rubbish handling, additional police, etc. I can't imagine that anyone who really wants to walk the streets of Rome, or Venice, or any tourist destination, would bridle at paying what it costs the place to host them!
You won't be missed.
@@whatgoesaroundcomesaround920 If what you were saying was true, then tourism would not be net benefit for a country, yet many countries depend on it for a big share of their GDP so obviously what you are saying is false. The money tourists bring more than makes up for the damage they might cause.
..... I never understood why people go Venice for the smelly environment
Usually people don’t go to cites for their smell.
I never noticed any smelly environment there ?
The fee is all about making extra money. If they really cared about what they say, the charge would be much higher. Another way to make a few bucks
Went recently, what an amazing place. But sooooo much graffiti. Its insane. And it's a premeditated crime - who on earth heads out with a spray can without having one thing in mind.
It should be a mandatory fine of repainting the house you have defamed and 10k euro find on top.
And 5 euro is too low, make it a minimum of 25 euro. A lot of museums have a similar entry fee and Venice is a living museum.
Sounds like a great idea, keep raising the prices until only the wealthiest can afford to travel. Can't blame them too much, Disney charges about $200 per person per day...
The interviewer tried his best.
According to Statista, they received 3.3 billion euros in tourist related revenue in 2022. Is that not enough for them?
I minded to add, that Munich over here, received 8.5 billion. A well off city in comparison. Maybe they ought brew a better beers and sell sausages.
Uh, your comparison is a bit off. Venice has only 50K residents, while Munich has 1.5 million. People refer to Venice as a "city", but it's much much smaller than most cities. Not really a city at all, not the way most people visualize the term city. The main island is rather small, geographically the size of a small town, and a very very small town at that. Few if any buildings more than three stories. It's extremely unique, no place like it in the world, not even close, and it needs unique solutions to its problems.
@@mikeincalifornia Venice had 126,000 inhabitants back in 1854.
A good move. Venice is sinking. The money could be useful for infrastructure weather protection.
Red herring
Are you kidding me.....I agree with the other comments...people pay thousands to go to europe and visit, 5 euros..wont stop tourists. CHARGE MORE, RAISE MORE MONEY FOR YOUR INFRASTRUCTURE AT LEAST.
Every country will follow suit , its madness ! especially if tourism brings in most of your earnings etc , i live in Scotland 🏴 and i believe some sites should be protected and preserved , its about respect those native to these places they still need to work, attend schools etc , if things keep going this way tourism will over
She sounds like Audrey Hepburn
I like to live in Venice but tourists are so annoying
There is a country that charges to enter it. 100 usd per day 😂
it is Venice, if you charge €50,,, people wouldve still come… to stop people come, start charging people €100, now we’re talking.😅
Oh yeah, this idea has genius written all over it.
Lets take the one thing that makes money like crazy for the city and discourage the people who leave a big chunk of euros and dollars there every year.
It's all about money.
Soon we will see Times Square fee, Cologne Cathedral fee, Grand Canyon fee, Oktoberfest fee, Ibiza fee, Mallorca fee, fee fee fee fee. Easy way to milk guests.
Greetings. The world is full of History. Venice with its putrid sewage canals, the congestion, and high cost will eventually dissuade tourists.
Japan banned tourists in sone places for harassing the maiko/geisha residents . residents should come first.
Okay, keep Venice for yourself, stop tourists coming.
People STAY HOME!SUPPORT YOUR OWN ECONOMY!!!
You stay home almost the entire year
It's a laughable amount. Come on Venice you can do better than that!
🧞 Even Italian
Don't visiting
Italiaaaa‼️
Like Venice isn't expensive enough
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To the extent that the fee acts as a deterrent, that's good. And of course the money will be welcome to address the wear and tear excess tourism brings.
But why not charge even more? These tourists are the same ones who will blithely spend hundreds of dollars in the US to enter Disneyland or Disneyworld, far less wonderful places than Venice, and then pay overinflated prices for food and souvenirs and various land and boat rides. Why can't Venice charge €50? even €75? They could even offer 2-day or 3-day passes at a less-per-day rate. Then of course they could offer free or reduced-rate entry for groups of students and folks over 70. Venice is entertainment for the huge majority of tourists: why not have them pay the going rate?
😂😂😂🤦
Oh what a problem 😂😂 whole eu should know about venice canalisation. Btw Ukraine fighting for eu - and eu watching about venice canals 😂😂😂 double standards - nope , it's triple 😂😂😂
There are a lot of larger tourist cities that are literally swapped with tourists every year and literally ruining them - Yes control the # of tourists with any means that work. As far as cities go in peacetime there can be near nothing more devastating👍 - 👍
Tourism=money, no tourism=no money.
@@Betweoxwitegan Not when you have too many tourists.
@@arkofimagination If it's not economical to have that many tourists, they should either make it economical by increasing tourist costs or decreasing tourism through a cap. Which I suppose is what they're trying to do by charging a tourist tax. I have a feeling that this trial is going to be a complete failure with unforeseen negative externalities though.
I think the solution is to ultimately have a separate tourist price for heritage sites and to make people sign an environmental pledge.
@@Betweoxwitegan Make them sign a pledge? Oh yeah, that'll work. 🤣
Sure, let the poor youngsters stay at home, Venice only for the rich. Well done!
Another robbery of tourists!
A fiver hahahahahahahahaahahahahah embarrassing
Tax tax tax tax tax. Suggest tourists stop going. The buildings are old and boring. There is no culture there.
Seriously, hotels are generally taxed, and often a community tax is added. I'm surprised the statists need more.
Voila. You understand the ruse.
Are they going to dump sewage someplace else? ;) Ask the same of New York, big money made over the years, but where does their sewage go? ;)
NYC as are many large cities have had and still do corrupt politicians - From their very start.
Why do people feel the need there, anyway? Boating on a putrid body of water?
I was just there for 3 days. It's absolutely beautiful. I left my family for an hour and got lost by myself in deserted narrow back streets, was a great time.
Tell me you've never been to Venice, without telling me. 😂
Why do i need to pay to access a city?🤔 5 Euros could get me a street food come on!
Then, go somewhere else.
boycott venice
Once she said climate crisis, I was out.
Good, that's what they want, people out of Venice.
For EU citizens also?
What about Freedom of movement or Schengen Agreement that applies to EU citizens?
Don't get me wrong. I love the idea to force Americans and Asian tourist to pay even more!!!
Cringe
I assume it applies to non Italians, so EU citizens as well. I don't think this is illegal as you're still able to have free movement it just costs a little to enter one city, I mean that would be like saying you shouldn't pay to visit a historical landmark in any EU nation if you're an EU citizen.
Agreed. No matter where a tourists comes from, they use fresh water, and generate trash, sewage, and wear and tear everywhere they go. If you want a city to host you, then be prepared to pay what it actually costs. Otherwise you contribute to their distress for your personal entertainment.
@@whatgoesaroundcomesaround920 Tourists also pay a value-added tax of up to 22% and fees to visit places. And let's keep mind all the Italian workers who are employed in Venice due to tourism. Not only do they pay VAT too, they and their employers also pay other tax such as that on income. Venice is a 'living city' in large part due to tourism. You don't see any steel mills and chemical plants providing alternative employment there, do you?
It's a money grab. Five euros will dissuade no one. This tells us the authorities still want all the tourists and use the claim of 'over tourism' not to reduce tourism but to fleece a few more euros from them.
We should stop tourism and travelling full stop
It should've been higher than 5 Euro... 50⍷ would be ideal to enter such beautiful city.