A global precedent.. A city imposes a tax on daily visits

On Thursday, the Italian city of Venice begins implementing a measure that constitutes a global precedent, according to which tourists who visit it for short days without staying overnight will have to pay a tax of five euros and present an entry card in the form of a QR code, in an attempt to reduce the huge numbers of tourists.

Despite the low ticket price and the lack of a maximum number of visitors per day, Venice hopes to discourage a number of tourists from visiting its narrow alleys and bridges extending over the water canals, during the periods of greatest demand.

With the implementation of this measure, Venice becomes the first tourist city in the world to impose entry fees such as those for amusement parks, while movements against excessive tourism are multiplying, specifically in Spain, which prompts the authorities to move in order to reconcile the comfort of the population with an economic sector that carries great importance. .