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Venice launched on Thursday a pilot program to
charge day-trippers a €5 (around $5.35) fee to enter the old city, state news
agency ANSA reported.
A large category of visitors including Venetian
citizens, workers, students and guests of the accommodation facilities are
exempted to pay the fee, though they still have to register online to visit the
Lagoon city.
Over 80,000 people registered to enter the city on
the first day of the test regulation, while only 7,000 tourists paid the fee.
The new system, given a go-ahead last September,
aims to disincentivize daily tourism in certain periods, in line with the
fragility and uniqueness of the world-renowned city.
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