Venice To Charge Tourist Entry Fee For Short Stays

It will be interesting to see how they implement this fee. I suspect it's mostly aimed at the cruise ship hordes, but day trippers arriving by train may also have to pay it.

@Kaeleku - What SE Asian countries are you referring to that have implemented $250/day fees to enter?

This is to make money and not to cut down on tourists. If they wanted to control the daily mass influx they would restrict the cruise ships.

Yes, presumably the cruise lines will pay the tax and add the cost to their fares, a negligible increase for the passenger. Seems like a revenue producer rather than a day-trip deterrer. But it would help the city with the cost of hosting all those folks who don't pay the hotel tax.

Cruise ships will not add the tax to the fare. Cruise ships have a separate charge for taxes and port fees in addition to the base fare. This often is an unpleasant surprise for first time cruisers. On my transatlantic cruise last spring, these fees were about $200 each.

Yes, that's right, they show up on top of the advertised fare. Usually called "government taxes" just in case we didn't know where they came from. Don't blame the cruise line if the nasty government wants something back for the infrastructure and service it provides!

Kaeleku, another rare occasion when we agree. I would be okay with a $300 a person entry fee to places like Dubrovnik. Would make so much, so much more enjoyable.

Kaeleku, how about entrance exams to eliminate the unworthy?

Yea, you're right. Okay $350 each.

Hey, if you really want to be elitist.....why not genetic testing?

Excellence isn't something you are born with, it's something you achieve ...

I agree with you, but not everyone does.

They see it that way in my world.

A somewhat longer article in the Guardian - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jan/06/venice-losing-fight-with-tourism-and-flooding

when you cruise to Alaska you will see a $50 charge that the state puts on all cruisers to offset the cost that cruise ships bring to those ports/towns. It's not that crazy of an idea. Want to drive in downtown Oslo - pay the "entrance fee"