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Venice's day-tripper fee is back: 60 days, €5 or €10, and doubts about the crowds

Venice brought back its entry fee for day visitors on Friday, April 3, 2026, the first of 60 charged days this year, up from 54 in 2025, Euronews reports. The fee applies from Friday to Sunday in April, May, June and July (17 days in April, 15 in May, 16 in June and 12 in July), between 8:30am and 4pm. Entry outside those hours is free.

Visitors who book at least four days ahead pay €5; those who book later pay €10. Residents, people born in Venice, students, workers and tourists staying overnight are exempt; hotel guests register for a QR code but do not pay, because a lodging tax is already in their bill. Day visitors show the QR code at spot checks at seven access points, including outside Santa Lucia station, and face fines of €50 to €300 if they have not paid or registered.

The Trieste-based English site InTrieste reports that the city collected €5.4m in 2025 from more than 700,000 day-trippers, and that the fee applies to visitors aged 14 and over.

Mayor Luigi Brugnaro called Venice “at the forefront in tackling overtourism.” — via InTrieste

InTrieste adds that some residents say the fee does little to ease congestion and warn the city risks becoming a “theme park”. India's Outlook Traveller, in an explainer published when the 2026 calendar was set, said the fee's effect on crowds has been modest, noting that on one May weekend in 2025 nearly 25,000 day-trippers entered, more than half the historic centre's residents.

How each outlet framed it

• Euronews — a practical calendar: dates, hours, prices, exemptions and fines.
• InTrieste — the politics: the mayor's claim against residents' doubts.
• Outlook Traveller — booking steps for foreign visitors and how modest the effect has been.

Where the numbers differ: Euronews cites €5m raised in 2025; InTrieste and Outlook Traveller give about €5.4m. Euronews also puts the 2025 daily average at 13,046 paying visitors, down from 16,676 in 2024.