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Topic Reading-Vol.3669-4/28/2022

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2022/04/28 Topic Reading-Vol.3669-4/28/2022

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Venice to charge daytrippers up to €10 to enter in 2023

Venice is a city in northeastern Italy. It is built on more than 100 small pieces of land that are separated by famous canals and connected by over 400 bridges. Founded in the 5th century CE, Venice became a major maritime power in the 10th century. The whole city is an extraordinary architectural masterpiece in which even the smallest building contains works by some of the world’s greatest artists. The Site “Venice and its Lagoon” was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1987. In the historical part of Venice, which is home to about 55,000 residents, as many as over 150,000 tourists visited on Easter Sunday alone. Such over-tourism has created not only the quality of life problems for the residents but also environmental problems for the city’s ecosystem. In fact, Venice was considered by UNESCO whether the city should be added to the “In-Danger” list. As the city still welcomes tourists but in a more sustainable and profitable fashion, it will soon launch an online booking site to control the traffic, especially day-trippers, first by offering privileges and later by charging a flexible fee, which will become expensive on busy days. This attempt will be closely watched by other busy tourist destinations where over-tourism has been causing living and environmental concerns.

Enjoy reading the article and think if a fee of 10 euros is too substantial enough to control the day visitors to one of the most popular tourist destinations.

https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/venice-entry-reservation-fee/index.html

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