YTALI. - VENICE - The Entry Ticket and the Role of Local Society in the Management of Tourism in Venice
Source: YTALI. - Author: ALBERTO MADRICARDO - 19th June 2024 Photo : Demonstration against the Ticket Venezia © Andrea Merola. A Strategy of Diversion The first numerical data regarding the introduction of the entry ticket to Venice and its effects on the number of tourists demonstrate that the measure implemented by the municipal administration lacks any influence on them at all. This was to be expected. Previous experiences of this practice in other places, for example in one which I know directly, Lago di Braies, which is indicated by global social media as one of the 10 places to visit in the world and where in summer the entry ticket to the valley for each car is as high as 20 euros, have even produced the opposite results: the presence of tourists has increased, now not only at peak times, but throughout the year. The municipal administration of Venice shows off the money collected, even if – declares councilor Michele Zuin – “the number of paying peopl...