{"id":786618,"date":"2026-07-07T18:42:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T18:42:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/786618\/"},"modified":"2026-07-07T18:42:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T18:42:12","slug":"venice-could-soon-charge-canadian-tourists-80-a-day-to-visit-daily-hive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/786618\/","title":{"rendered":"Venice could soon charge Canadian tourists $80 a day to visit | Daily Hive"},"content":{"rendered":"

Canadians planning a trip to Venice may soon have to budget a little extra, as the city considers raising its tourist entry fee.<\/p>\n

Tourists hoping for the ultimate Venice experience, from visiting St. Mark\u2019s Basilica or taking a gondola ride, could soon be on the hook for a steep fee hike. During the busy travel season, travellers are charged the Access Fee, an entry fee of \u20ac5 ($8.12), or \u20ac10 ($16.24) for last-minute bookings, but that amount could soon go up by five times under the proposed increase, reports<\/a> The Guardian.<\/p>\n

If approved, tourists looking to spend the day in Venice could end up paying a daily rate of up to \u20ac50 ($81.16) to visit. According to Mayor Simone Venturini, the fee hike is meant to tackle overtourism during peak travel season.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe admission fee is currently the only effective tool to control daily visitor numbers,\u201d he said. \u201cWe are therefore working on a proposal to make it more effective on high-traffic days, with the aim of finding a new balance between the needs of residents, workers, and visitors.\u201d<\/p>\n

What is Venice\u2019s Access Fee?
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Tourists who aren\u2019t staying in Venice must pay the Access Fee<\/a>, a daytripper tax that can be paid in advance during designated days from April to July from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. The fee can be paid online, and visitors will receive a code that will be scanned at several access points.<\/p>\n

Currently, tourists who pay the fee at least four days before their planned trip will only be charged a fee of \u20ac5 ($8.12). Bookings made three days beforehand cost \u20ac10 ($16.24). Anyone aged 13 or under is exempt from the fee, but must have an ID to prove their age.<\/p>\n

The fee was first introduced in 2024 and did little to curb the number of visitors to the city. However, it brought in \u20ac2.4 million in its first year.<\/p>\n

Visit the Venice Access Fee website<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Canadians planning a trip to Venice may soon have to budget a little extra, as the city considers…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":786619,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[49,48,295,66],"class_list":["post-786618","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-environment","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/786618","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=786618"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/786618\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/786619"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=786618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=786618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=786618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}