Venice OKs ticket 'experiment' for day tourists

By Agence France-Presse

Sep 14, 2023 12:03 am

ROME: Officials in Venice on Tuesday agreed to test a fee on day tourists to the overcrowded historic center, weeks after the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco) warned it could list the northern Italian city as an at-risk world heritage site.

Venice's city council voted in favor of a limited test, to begin next spring, of a long-debated ticketing system that critics say will nevertheless do little to stem the hordes of tourists who descend each year.

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