Venice launches experiment to charge day-trippers, AP explains
Venice has launched a pilot program to charge day trippers 5 euros to access the city on 29 days between now and July. So tourists arriving at the city today will come upon signs looking like this, giving them the dates that this fee is being applied this year, and also showing the area where it’s valid for this period. Anybody who is not staying in Venice or not coming here to work is now responsible for having the QR code on their phone. To have paid the access fee So far on this holiday in Italy, very few people are arriving. But we have the world’s media here ready to witness this historic moment. Behind me we have stewards who are checking people as they arrive to see if they have the QR codes. The people we’ve spoken to said it’s been very simple procedure and downloading the QR code before arriving in Venice. You should go to this site CDA dot VE dot IT. Then you pick the day that you’re arriving. Go to the date and then you need to click on the day you need the access before. Now we’re going to print or download the PDF and then you download the image.