Overview
- Venice draws about 30 million visitors a year, and residents say overcrowding has turned the city’s streets dirty and living costs unaffordable.
- Authorities expanded a pilot day-tripper tax to 54 peak days this summer, charging €5 per visit and €10 for last-minute bookings.
- The charge was paid by 720,000 day-trippers in 2025, up from 485,000 last year, lifting revenues but leaving congestion largely unchanged.
- Mayor Luigi Brugnaro defends the levy as the only viable control after consulting citizens and local associations.
- Setrak Tokatzian, head of the Piazza San Marco Association of small businesses, has urged a €100 day-trip fee to more decisively deter mass tourism.