Venice
Overtourism test case; day-tripper fee model and key-box ban represent Italy's two-tier STR enforcement approach.
Venice's 2026 day-visitor access fee raised €5,215,035 from 679,553 paid vouchers over 60 chargeable days ending 26 July, and the city's budget assessor has since proposed roughly €30 for peak-day entry from 2027.
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Nomads & CommunitiesBackground
Venice (Venezia) is a lagoon city in north-eastern Italy and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It receives an estimated 20 million visitors a year and has become Europe's reference case for overtourism. Cruise ships were barred from the central lagoon in 2021.
Venice was the first major city to charge visitors per entry rather than per night. Its day-visitor access fee applies on peak days to visitors without an overnight Booking. The 2026 season ran for 60 chargeable days from 3 April at €5 or €10, after a 2025 season that collected €5.42m from 720,000 payers. The fee raises money and gathers visitor data, but it does not CAP numbers, which is the core of the city's argument over housing and population loss.
Venice's short-let stock also falls under Italy's national regime. Every Italian listing has carried a National Identification Code (CIN) since January 2025, and a tiered tax of 21% on a first let property and 26% on additional ones applies from 2026.
Venice's entry charge holds its takings
Venice switched its day-visitor fee back on from 3 April 2026 for 60 chargeable days covering weekends and Italian public holidays, at €5 for advance bookings and €10 for late ones. The Comune di Venezia reported on 29 July that the season raised €5,215,035 from 679,553 paid vouchers, close to the €5.42m collected from 720,000 payers in 2025, and set €1.771m of net proceeds aside to cut residents' waste charge.
Revenue held while about 40,000 fewer people paid. The city now has to decide what the fee is for: budget assessor Michele Zuin has floated about €30 on peak days from 2027, a price that would turn a modest levy into a real deterrent or a much larger revenue line.