Venice's city council on Tuesday approved a long-awaited regulation to tax day visitors 5 euros ($5.38) to visit the city.
Overnight travelers are exempt, though they're subject to a separate tourist tax implemented in 2011.
Why is Venice taxing day visitors?
The new tax is an attempt to "protect the city from mass tourism," Luigi Brugnaro, Venice's mayor, posted on X, formerly known as Twitter.
The city of Venice currently fines visitors who eat or drink on the ground, sit on monuments and bridges, or swim in its canals, according to the city's website.
Persons:
Luigi Brugnaro, overtourism, Tatyana Tsukanova, Tsukanova, Miguel Medina
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