Giovanni Andrea Martini, a member of an opposition group within the City Corridor who joined the residents’ protests, referred to as it “a tragic day as a result of Venice is changing into a museum, a theme park”.
Holding banners studying “No to ticket for Vene-Land” and chanting “Right here we stay and right here we keep”, a couple of hundred individuals peacefully marched by way of one in all Venice’s foremost squares to precise their opposition to the brand new measure.
Apr 25 is a nationwide vacation in Italy and is the primary of 29 days this 12 months when individuals should purchase a ticket in the event that they need to entry the lagoon metropolis from 8.30am to 4.30pm.
Reservations are supposed to be made on-line however there’s additionally a sales space readily available for individuals who haven’t got smartphones.
Though there are not any turnstiles on the metropolis gateways, inspectors shall be making random checks and issuing fines of between €50 and €300 to anybody who has did not register.
Nevertheless, Italian vacationers arriving on Thursday stated imposing one other cost on guests was unfair.
“I think about Venice to be essentially the most stunning metropolis on the earth and so to deprive an individual on a low funds of the chance to come back right here for an hour or two to take pleasure in this metropolis is definitely a disgrace for these vacationers,” stated Gabriella Pappada, who got here from Lecce in southern Italy.
