Would you pay a tourist fee to enter Venice?

BBC News— From Thursday visitors making a trip to the famous city at peak times will be charged a trial entrance fee.

International Business Times UK—Venice Is Charging Tourists a €5 Entrance Fee, Here's How You Can Get Exempted. Venice has become the world's first city to trial an entrance fee system for visiting tourists as they look to tackle overtourism.Anyone looking to explore the famous Italian city must pay €5 (£4.30) to enter the area. However, you can avoid paying the entry fee if you stay overnight or for longer in the city, with proof of this needing to be submitted online to receive an exemption.Plans to introduce the scheme were first unveiled last year. Venice's mayor, Luigi Brugnaro, introduced the...

The Guardian—That sinking feeling: why long-suffering Venice is quite right to make tourists pay. The overcrowded city is leading the way with a tax on day trippers. Surely other great European destinations should follow suitVenice has had enough. It is sinking beneath the twin assaults of tourism and the sea and believes the answer lies in fending off visitors by charging them to enter. It is not alone. Tourism is under attack. Seville is charging for entry to the central Plaza de España. In Paris, the Mona Lisa is so besieged by flashing phones she is about to be banished to a basement....

Time Magazine—Venice Has Begun Charging an Access Fee to Try to Curb ‘Hit-and-Run’ Tourists. Venice, the historic Italian city known for its canals, would like to draw a balance between its residents who live there and help to keep...