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Rome has always been a city for the elite. Current day Rome is more accessible than ever for the commoners. If rich people pay money for private access and par

Rome has always been a city for the elite. Current day Rome is more accessible than ever for the commoners. If rich people pay money for private access and part of that money ends up being used for preservation: Good.

xg15 3mo ago
They could also just tax rich people more and use that money for conservation...
- snowpid 3mo ago
  who is they? I doubt the Italian state can tax American or Singaporean rich tourists.
  - artisinal 3mo ago
    You could change tourist tax to be 5% of the room rate. That would be €5 to €10 per night for common people and €1000 per night for rich tourists.
    - harvey9 3mo ago
      How does this achieve the aim of a rich person seeing a painting that is not on public display?
- azan_ 3mo ago
  They actually can't, but even if they could - expensive private viewings are much more fair.
- deleted 3mo ago
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- matwood 3mo ago
  Italy's taxes are already quite high, but they do have some regimes to encourage HNW people to move there.
- grebc 3mo ago
  Because you can’t just let people do their own thing right?