- Tickets against mass tourism: from January 16, 2022, the flow of visitors to Venice and the surrounding islands will be regulated with a fee of around 10 euros.
- Excluded are the residents of the city, native Venetians and people who have booked a hotel in the city.
- Tickets are booked online in advance. If you book earlier, you pay less.
Before the corona pandemic, more than 100,000 visitors came to the city every day. The crowded streets and besieged sights bothered locals in particular. That’s why the authorities are now trying to get the crowds under control.
Anyone who is caught at the entrances to the historic center without proof of the entrance fee faces fines of 50 to 300 euros. According to city representative Michele Zuin, possible access points such as turnstiles at the main entrances to the city are also not excluded.
Venice wants to experiment with the system until January. Venice wants to get people used to planning their stay, it said.
“The city remains open”
The new ticket system is not a way to lock people out of the city. “The city remains open,” said Zuin. It helps the municipality to better plan the utilization of transport and cultural sites.
Venice already monitors the flow of visitors with the so-called Control Room. Surveillance cameras and people counting devices on bridges and canals as well as the anonymous evaluation of mobile phones in the radio cells give the city a picture of how busy it is.