We are in the European Union and Italy too, in its Constitution, guarantees free passage, ... It seems like a good idea."
We want to discourage day-trippers from visiting Venice during these 29 designated days,
We are guinea pigs, and there was great interest,
Tourists go home, refugees welcome.”
I knew about the new tax and the exemption but I didn’t know we would be doing this when we arrived,
None of the measures done by this council cater to the necessities of residents – it’s just tourism and speculation, this is why we’re angry.”
It is very confusing. When we got to the hotel they said something about this, but we didn’t quite get what they were talking about. But I don’t think €5 is going to put people off.”
For me, €5 is nothing if you really want to come.”
Prague is also suffering from over-tourism, so paying €5 is not that much for trying to preserve this beauty and architecture.”
These protesters consider us to be the enemy,
I consider Venice to be the most beautiful city in the world and so to deprive a person on a low budget of the opportunity to come here for an hour or two to enjoy this city is surely a shame for these tourists,
We are against this measure because it will do nothing to stop overtourism,
Putting a ticket to enter a city will not decrease not even by one single unit the number of visitors that are coming,
This is not a natural oasis. This is not a museum. It is not Pompeii. It is a city, where we need to fight so the houses are inhabited by families, and stores reopen. That is what would counter this wild tourism,
You pay a ticket to take the metro, to go to a museum, an amusement park; you don’t pay a ticket to enter a city. This is the last symbolic step of a project of an idea of this municipal administration to kick residents out of Venice,
It’s clear we will get more reliable data from the contribution" being paid by day-trippers
Venice deserves to be taken care of,
We are not looking to collect money, tax people or introduce a police state,
Venice has turned into Disneyland, where tourists are catered more than residents, and charging $5 is not going to stop anyone,
That’s an invasion of privacy. Those details will remain in the system for five years, and could be given to third parties, public and private,