'It will change nothing': Venice residents protest against tourism entrance fee

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  • čas přidán 24. 04. 2024
  • Authorities in Venice have been accused of transforming the famous lagoon city into a 'theme park' as a long-mooted entrance fee for day trippers comes into force.
    Venice is the first major city in the world to enact such a scheme. The €5 (£4.30) charge, which comes into force today, is aimed at protecting the Unesco world heritage site from the effects of excessive tourism by deterring day trippers and, according to the mayor, Luigi Brugnaro, making the city 'liveable' again. But several residents’ committees and associations held protests on Thursday, arguing that the fee would do nothing to resolve the issue.
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Komentáře • 25

  • @rhythmbox612
    @rhythmbox612 Před 16 dny +14

    I don't visit Venice because of tourists. If they would be gone probably i would visit it.

    • @willsmith8276
      @willsmith8276 Před 16 dny +10

      That would make you a tourist…

    • @JamesBrown-jw4hw
      @JamesBrown-jw4hw Před 16 dny +9

      So you don’t want to tour Venice because of tourist, but would tour Venice is there we’re not tourist.. Making yourself a tourist?

    • @soundscape26
      @soundscape26 Před 16 dny +2

      😂

  • @Harassed247
    @Harassed247 Před 16 dny +7

    Ok, that's Venice off my bucket list then.

    • @thanos8107
      @thanos8107 Před 16 dny

      No one cares buddy

    • @stevec6427
      @stevec6427 Před 16 dny

      Have you informed the press? Has the British embassy in Italy briefed the Italian prime minister on this disturbing development?

  • @clivewalker5465
    @clivewalker5465 Před 16 dny +3

    Taxation , by another Name . If they wanted to protect Venice , then they would cut the munbers able to visit .

  • @AkashSingh-uk5ub
    @AkashSingh-uk5ub Před 16 dny +5

    The Merchants of Venice

  • @swain99
    @swain99 Před 16 dny +8

    Do these tourists not bring a lot of revenue into Venice?

    • @Timur_Alma-ata
      @Timur_Alma-ata Před 16 dny +5

      There must be a sense of proportion in everything. They are just tired of tourists.

    • @user-mf5ue6rc5n
      @user-mf5ue6rc5n Před 16 dny +4

      And I'm tired of Palestine​@@Timur_Alma-ata

    • @Timur_Alma-ata
      @Timur_Alma-ata Před 16 dny

      @@user-mf5ue6rc5n when violence in Palestine will end, then there would be no Palestine in agenda. But it still has't ended.

    • @cajac
      @cajac Před 16 dny +1

      Maybe a few businesses gain from it, not necessarily all local businesses.

  • @patrickgilroy9822
    @patrickgilroy9822 Před 16 dny +2

    Doesn't sound very inviting. Spend your money somewhere else.

  • @sheemakarp6424
    @sheemakarp6424 Před 16 dny +2

    “ the influx arriving from the East.” The US? It’s “the East”? What is she talking about? If it’s tourists, then they’re getting taxed, no?

  • @user-wl4cl1ph3b
    @user-wl4cl1ph3b Před 16 dny +2

    One of their palaces is filling with water & with sea levels rising at alarming rates its a sinking ship made of concrete

  • @Blackcato333
    @Blackcato333 Před 16 dny +1

    It's always a war against the poor.

  • @ghayasmuhammad2836
    @ghayasmuhammad2836 Před 16 dny +2

    Safe locals

  • @Propain4eva
    @Propain4eva Před 16 dny

    omegalul