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I wonder if a 50 EUR entry price will really deter many visitors. Venice itself is a huge attraction, people travel there specifically at a significant cost in

by dxdm 4y ago

I wonder if a 50 EUR entry price will really deter many visitors. Venice itself is a huge attraction, people travel there specifically at a significant cost in time and money. That 50 Euro sounds like a drop in the bucket to me, it will simply be priced into the whole cost, just like millions of people happily pay expensive entrance fees for other global attractions like certain amusement parks.

ShowalkKama 4y ago
I've visited venice twice last year and I wouldn't pay 50€... (I do live close so I only have to pay ~20€ for a train ticket)
- goosedragons 4y ago
  I imagine if you're paying $1000 for a flight there + $$$ for hotels the 50 euros is a drop in the bucket...
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  - egeozcan 4y ago
    It's not a drop in the bucket if you are living somewhere close, is the point, if I understood correctly.
CalRobert 4y ago
When I was a broke guy in my mid-20's backpacking around Europe €50 was most of a day's budget. Inflation would change that but all the same it'd be enough to make me just spend more time in Florence. But maybe that's the point; I wasn't doing much for the local economy.
- jaclaz 4y ago
  Well, JFYI, the mayor of Florence is all over newspapers here in Italy because seemingly Venice could introduce this "access ticket" whilst his own similar proposal (for Florence) last year has not been approved. As someone noticed earlier the introduction of a ticket to access a city (be it Venice or Florence) will probably only make a dent in the total amount of people visiting it (which is the actual problem, they are simply too many) while making a difference between the "wealthy" and the "poor". If the issue is too many people, the only solution is to limit the number of people (within reason and using some common sense in the way these hypothetical limits are set and enforced), introducing a ticket won't make any difference if not - possibly - provide the municipalities with money to cover the expenses these tourists create (the first thing that comes to my mind is litter, but there is also water, street and bridges maintenance, etc.).
pentae 4y ago
Will certainly have some effect, and at 5 million tourists a year thats $250M yearly into the governments coffers.. could come in handy
ghaff 4y ago
As someone else noted, it's probably some deterrent to people living fairly nearby who take casual day trips. But that's only about half the price of many museum admissions to say nothing of, as you say, theme parks.

by dxdm 4y ago

ShowalkKama 4y ago

I've visited venice twice last year and I wouldn't pay 50€... (I do live close so I only have to pay ~20€ for a train ticket)

goosedragons 4y ago
I imagine if you're paying $1000 for a flight there + $$$ for hotels the 50 euros is a drop in the bucket...
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- egeozcan 4y ago
  It's not a drop in the bucket if you are living somewhere close, is the point, if I understood correctly.

CalRobert 4y ago

When I was a broke guy in my mid-20's backpacking around Europe €50 was most of a day's budget. Inflation would change that but all the same it'd be enough to make me just spend more time in Florence. But maybe that's the point; I wasn't doing much for the local economy.

jaclaz 4y ago
Well, JFYI, the mayor of Florence is all over newspapers here in Italy because seemingly Venice could introduce this "access ticket" whilst his own similar proposal (for Florence) last year has not been approved. As someone noticed earlier the introduction of a ticket to access a city (be it Venice or Florence) will probably only make a dent in the total amount of people visiting it (which is the actual problem, they are simply too many) while making a difference between the "wealthy" and the "poor". If the issue is too many people, the only solution is to limit the number of people (within reason and using some common sense in the way these hypothetical limits are set and enforced), introducing a ticket won't make any difference if not - possibly - provide the municipalities with money to cover the expenses these tourists create (the first thing that comes to my mind is litter, but there is also water, street and bridges maintenance, etc.).

pentae 4y ago

Will certainly have some effect, and at 5 million tourists a year thats $250M yearly into the governments coffers.. could come in handy

ghaff 4y ago

As someone else noted, it's probably some deterrent to people living fairly nearby who take casual day trips. But that's only about half the price of many museum admissions to say nothing of, as you say, theme parks.