VENICE, Italy — 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 ...

Around 30 million tourists visit Venice annually. Seven out of 10 stay only for the day. Unesco describes Venice as a “masterpiece” that possesses “an incomparable series of architectural ...

Italy The city of Venice will double the cost of its day trip fee next year for last-minute travelers and increase the number of days travelers need to pay in the second iteration of the program ...

VENICE, Italy — Venice city officials said Friday that the day-tripper tax netted 2.4 million euros ($2.6 million) during a test phase this summer, and that decisions on how to proceed would be ...

The church was built in honor of St. Mark the Evangelist, whose remains were stolen in Alexandria, Egypt, by a couple crafty Venetians, intent on bringing him to rest in Venice. (What made them ...

VENICE, Italy — 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 ...

5-10 euros (about $6-$11) The fee charged to visitors who are not overnighting in Venice to enter its historic center during the second year of the day-tripper tax. Visitors who download a QR code ...

VENICE, Italy (AP) — Venice is charging day-trippers to the famed canal city an arrivals tax for the second year starting Friday, a measure to combat the overtourism that officials say is ...

The number of day-trippers who paid the tax in 2024. Officials said that 12,744 day-trippers paid to enter the city on Friday – 7,173 at the higher 10-euro rate. They were among the 77,000 who ...