Venice admission fee for day-trippers commences on April 25. The fee will be €5 for access to the historic heart of the city from 8.30am to 4pm on specific days during spring and summer.
The system for the admission fee will require advance online registration and a QR code for access checkpoints in the city. Visitors have read the privacy policy in Italian by clicking on it, before they can enable a checkbox.
The initiative is designed to address the issue of overtourism in Venice, with around 30m tourists visiting annually and a significant number staying only for the day, posing a threat to the city’s World Heritage status, as highlighted by Unesco.
While visitors staying overnight in hotels will be exempt from the charge, they must register online and obtain a code for checkpoint entry. The fee will apply on 29 days in 2024, including Italy’s Liberation Day and subsequent weekends up to mid-July, as part of an experimental implementation for this year.
Unesco has expressed concerns about overtourism and the impact on Venice’s cultural heritage, leading to measures such as banning cruise ships from the historic centre in 2021.
Register at cda.ve.it/en
