Venetians were up in arms over a tourist's brazen decision to swim across ... The levy does not apply to people staying in hotels in Venice, who are already charged a lodging tax.

The daytripper tax, which is only for travelers who visit the city without staying overnight during popular tourism days, isn ...

I'm not saying you shouldn't go to Venice, but you have to be a bit strategic about it-both for the city's sake and your own. (Feeling like a sardine crammed into a narrow calle blocked by tour groups ...

Tourists flooded roads and bridges for the opening weekend of the Carnival in Venice, Italy just weeks before the historical city imposed its controversial entry fee to curb tourism. Astonishing ...

Wander around the Rialto market and its many fruit and vegetable stalls, and fishmonger stands. Watch out for the supersize ...

Tourist tax charges are applied in 13 popular Portuguese cities, including Lisbon and Porto. During the high season of April ...

A good chunk of Venice's attractions, hotels and restaurants are ... No neighborhood in Italy can be complete without a church. In Dorsoduro, visit the octagonal Basilica di Santa Maria della ...

There is no doubt that tourism is not only big business, but any industry that moves over a billion people from one place to ...

Luxury hotels represented 45% of Italy 's hotel investment volume in 2025, with major growth in secondary locations and ...

Tourists have long been enamoured with Italy, but the feeling seems increasingly ... and handle check-in procedures face-to-face. Venice is an epicentre of overtourism, with visitor numbers ...