Tourist tax to visit Venice: information, modalities and prices

You leave for Italy and you wonder what is this tax that you will have to pay to visit Venice? No panic, we're telling you everything!

Ah Venice... This magical city that welcomes about 80,000 visitors a day, attracted by its canals, the Rialto Bridge, Basilica of Saint Mark or even Doges Palace , will see its taxed access for tourists!

Previously announced for the summer of 2019, the Italian parliament approved a measure, introduced in the country’s finance law, which provides for the establishment of an effective tax to the 1 September 2019 in order to reduce mass tourism without impacting the tourist economy too much.

But what is the origin of this tourist tax in Venice and what will its amount be? Does it concern all tourists? Wanderlix reveals everything you need to know to go to Venice informed!

Why should tourists pay a tax to visit Venice?

The first reason is obviously financial . According to our information and according to the estimates of the city of Venice, this tax could return to the municipality almost 50 million euros per year! A significant sum therefore that could be used to keep the many public spaces clean and ensure the security of the City.

The second reason, and not the least, is that this tourist tax will be put in place for limit and control the number of tourists visiting Venice. Because it is important to know that Venice hosts almost 30 million tourists each year, for 55,000 inhabitants, about 23 million of whom arrive among the approximately 600 ships that pose the ink in the floating city.

How much is this tax?

This “right of landing” would arise between 2,50 € and 5 € per person , but could go up to 10 € in high season . The aim for the city of Venice is to harvest between 40 and 50 million euros to, as previously announced, ensure the costs of cleaning, security and control the flow of tourists.

Does this tax concern everyone?

Don't worry, this tax only concerns tourists passing to Venice , in other words, not sleeping in one of the hotels in the city, and therefore do not pay a tax of stay when they come to visit Venice. A big loss to win when you know that the number of tourists who came for the day is quite substantial and equivalent to the population of Vitry sur Seine...

Venice is not the first city to set up a tax to prevent “ disneyfication » : Barcelona the villages gathered from the Cinque Terre, Amsterdam , Santorini the Isles of Elba and the Isle of Elbe had established this concept, or a similar one.