Venice now is charging tourists an entry fee

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Venice paid turnstiles making a comeback

Venice paid turnstiles make a comeback for tourists to enter city.The pandemic did not compromise an emergency that was already seemingly badly left resolved in Venice, Italy – that of over tourism. The excess of tourists which, despite the almost total absence of flows from abroad, also characterized this Venetian summer.

  1. Anticipating in influx of tourists next year, Venice will bring back turnstiles so that tourists will need to pay to enter the city.
  2. The turnstile scenario was played out in 2018 but was unsuccessful and residents were in an uproar.
  3. The new turnstiles will have optical readers in which residents, students, and workers will have a virtual key on their phones for free access.

A decision that has been left hanging in the air for some time will now be imposed to control the number of tourists that visit Venice.

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Venice Mayor Luigi Brugnaro

Already next year, in 2022, the Venetian capital will put on its streets a series of turnstiles equipped with optical readers, which will be much more high-tech than the do-it-yourself gates tested in 2018, through which only those who have booked a visit to the destination or a stay in an accommodation facility can enter.

There will also be an access fee of 10 euros to be paid. Residents, commuters, and other categories will be exempt from tolls. The goal is to avoid tourist overcrowding that is even more expected post COVID.

“We will decide based on the technology, [and] we will choose where to insert them,” said the administration led by Venice Mayor Luigi Brugnaro, adding, “In June, the demonstration of interest in selecting the best gates, there are four companies ready to present their projects.”

The first tests will start in September. They will be performed on the island of Tronchetto, the base of the head office of the local police and where the smart control room takes place.

Residents, workers and students who travel to the city every day would be able to enter thanks to a virtual key on their phones. Tourists, meanwhile, would have to book remaining spots in advance, then scan some sort of ticket to get in at one of these entry points.

In June, Italian Health Minister Roberto Speranza announced that Italy will allow Americans into the country under the same requirements as the EU’s Green Certificate. That means US travelers who can show either proof of vaccination, a certificate of recovery from COVID-19, or a negative PCR- or rapid-antigen test taken within 48 hours of arrival can travel to the Mediterranean country without having to quarantine upon arrival.

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Mario is a veteran in the travel industry.
His experience extends worldwide since 1960 when at the age of 21 he started exploring Japan, Hong Kong, and Thailand.
Mario has seen the World Tourism develop up to date and witnessed the
destruction of the root/testimony of the past of a good number of countries in favor of modernity/progress.
During the last 20 years Mario's travel experience has concentrated in South East Asia and of late included the Indian Sub Continent.

Part of Mario's work experience includes multi activities in the Civil Aviation
field concluded after organizing the kik off of for Malaysia Singapore Airlines in Italy as an Institutor and continued for 16 years in the role of Sales /Marketing Manager Italy for Singapore Airlines after the split of the two governments in October 1972.

Mario's official Journalist license is by the "National Order of Journalists Rome, Italy in 1977.

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