Venice doubles controversial tourist tax — but only for certain visitors Venice is doubling down on its entry fee for day trippers in 2025, following a trial run period last year that ‘slightly’ reduced crowds.
The fee is paid through the Venice Access Fee website, where tourists download a QR code to use electric turnstiles at the city’s main entry points, including the train station.
Venice introduced the first-of-its-kind access fee last year in a bid to curb ‘hit-and-run’ tourists who flood the city for a few hours without staying overnight.
‘The aim remains the same: create a new system to manage tourist flow and disincentivize day tripper tourism in several periods, in line with the delicate and unique nature of the city, to guarantee the respect that it merits,’ he said at the BIT tourism fair in Milan.
Mr Venturini said officials from destinations around the world had contacted Venice authorities to ask about the scheme, including those from Ibiza and Kyoto in Japan, which has been described as ‘the seventh ring of hell’ due to overtourism.
