(Our August updates to Clued In Venice will reflect this new information)

• The proposed entry fee/access tax of €5 will begin in 2025 after being tested on certain holidays during the 2024 calendar. This fee is for day-trippers only, folks who have come for a day visit without reserved accommodations in the municipal Venice area.
• The fee will need to be paid ahead online for each person in your party and will result in a QR Code delivered to your smart device.
• Hotels and apartment rentals booked by tourists will supply an exemption QR Code for free (because a tourist tax is already in place for accommodations.)
• There will not be gates, turnstiles, or barriers to control arriving visitors. Instead, random checks on tourists will be carried out by officials. Your paid (or exempt) QR code will need to be immediately presented in the event of an inspection.  If you fail the inspection you will be fined.
• Children under age six are exempt from paying any access tax.
• Tour bus passengers who have paid the ZTL bus tax will also be exempt from the access tax.

This access tax is intended to relieve the local Venetian residents of some of the costs to maintain the city and its services. Right now, they alone pay for the upkeep.

Please share this important new information because almost all of the posts about it on Google are old and wildly incorrect. Happy travels, Dean and Andie