I've yet to understand how charging an entry fee of €5 would deter anyone, after they've paid thousands just to get there. Maybe €50 would do it, though if I was designing a system to reduce visitor numbers I'd go for a free lottery.
@timrichards Please come to Hamburg or Berlin for example. But maybe as a tourist yourself you won’t notice it like the people do who actually live here.
@timrichards Not yet as bad as #venice. That‘s why people have to act now, before their own cities, in which they pay rents and taxes, got totally taken away from them by the tourism industry. #tourism#hamburg
@timrichards As a comparison, that is less than the entry fee to get in to Monkey Mia. Maybe it is the most they could get away with given the presumably torn feelings of local business people? Of course they could just double it every year until it reduces numbers by the desired amount.
@timrichards
You have to see that many come to Venice (and Europe) in a kinda "Europe-in-10-days" tour, leaving a lot of money to the travel agencies, but not necessarily to the city.
But a lot of trash and leftovers remain there, often only to get that one photo (that everyone has...).
I hope the money will help to keep the city clean from trash, anf if this is too much for someone, then they should not come 😉
Steange, but people often respect thing more if it is not for free!
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More money in the administration could result in more resources for doing other things. We will see :)
It is a test, postponed now for long...
We have a similar system for the #PragserWildsee#LagoDiBraises where you have now to register to be allowed to enter the touristic area. It was too crowded, and a lot of people mean also a lot of 🚮 and 🚻...
And what I've often experienced: a lack of respect (see current example from Florence where tourist climbed statues and broke them...)
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