Starting in January, Venice will oblige day-trippers to make reservations and pay a fee to visit the historic lagoon city, in a bid to better manage visitors who often far outnumber residents in the ...

Luca Bruno / AP Under the gaze of the world’s media, the fragile lagoon city of Venice launched a pilot program Thursday to charge day-trippers a 5-euro (around $5.35) entry fee that authorities hope ...

Venice municipal workers in reflective vests outside of the Venezia Santa Lucia train station to assist visitors with a new entrance fee that day-trippers must pay. Photo Credit: Nicole Edenedo VENICE ...

VENICE, Italy — Under the gaze of the world’s media, the fragile lagoon city of Venice launched a pilot program Thursday to charge day-trippers a 5-euro entry fee that authorities hope will discourage ...

The pilot program means that day-trippers going to Venice, one of Italy's most picturesque and historic cities, will need to pay a charge of 5 euros (US$5.40). Municipal workers on Thursday were seen ...

VENICE, Italy — Under the gaze of the world’s media, the fragile lagoon city of Venice launched a pilot program Thursday to charge day-trippers a 5-euro ($5.35) entry fee that authorities hope will ...

Venice on Thursday began requiring day trippers to pay for entry, a world first aimed at easing pressure on the Italian city drowning under the weight of mass tourism. For the first time visitors have ...