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Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez’s wedding won’t cause ‘abnormal disruption to anyone,’ Venice mayor says

Bezos and Sánchez are reportedly planning a summer wedding in Italy

The Independent UK

Ukrainian soldier praised for saving life of stabbing victim in Venice

Yanis Tereshchenko says he was carrying an emergency first-aid kit and drew on war experience to intervene

The Guardian - UK

Venice To Continue Tourist Entry Fee In 2025

Venice authorities said Thursday they would extend to next year a controversial experimental system that charges day tourists an entry fee to visit the floating city.

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Venice extends its day-tripper tax through next year to combat overtourism

Venice will extend its day-tripper tax through next year, increasing the number of days and doubling the fee to 10 euros for last-minute visitors

The Independent UK

Venice to continue controversial tourist tax – making it even more expensive for some

The Independent UK

‘It has had no impact’: Venice’s effort to curb overtourism fails to thin crowds

Gondolas jostle for space and tourists still crowd St Mark’s Square, as critics argue piecemeal approach is fruitless

The Guardian - UK

Venice makes £2million from day-tripper tax with trial scheme tipped for extension

Officials in Venice say they are trying to limit numbers to help protect the city but the move has sparked protests

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Venice officials defend day-tripper tax, but delay the decision on extending it

Venice city officials say the day-tripper tax netted 2.4 million euros during a test phase this summer, and that decisions on how to proceed would be made in the fall after a full analysis of the data

The Independent UK

Venice mayor under investigation in developer corruption scandal

The mayor of Venice is under investigation in a corruption scandal that has landed his top public works official in jail

The Independent UK

Venice Launches Five-euro Entry Fee

Visitors entering the UNESCO World Heritage site for the day have to buy a five-euro ($5.3) ticket, with inspectors carrying out spot checks at key entry points.

International Business Times

‘Are we joking?’: Venice residents protest as city starts charging visitors to enter

Day trippers will have to pay €5 to visit Italian city under scheme designed to protect it from excess tourism

The Guardian - UK

Venice access fee: what is it and how much does it cost?

The Italian Unesco site is hoping to reduce over-tourism with the charge – the first of its kind in a major city

The Guardian - UK

In World First, Venice To Trial Day Tickets

Venice will this week begin charging day trippers for entry, a world first aimed at easing pressure on the Italian city drowning under the weight of mass tourism.

International Business Times

Venice mayor says he is brave like Marco Polo in charging day-trippers €5

Luigi Brugnaro claims he is taking a risk no other politician would take with his measure to preserve the city

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The Independent UK

Venice rolls out day-tripper fee to try to regulate mass crowds on peak weekends

Venice authorities have rolled out a pilot program to charge day-trippers 5 euros ($5.45) apiece to enter the fragile lagoon city on peak weekends next year

Evening Standard

DNA needed to identify some of the 21 Venice bus crash victims

“I won’t forget what I saw for the rest of my life,” said mayor Luigi Brugnaro

Al Jazeera

More than 20 killed after Italian tourist bus crashes off Venice overpass

Bus carrying some 40 passengers veered off elevated overpass, plunged about 15 metres and caught fire, officials report.

Evening Standard

Venice: At least 21 dead as tourist coach falls from flyover in ‘apocalyptic’ crash

Investigation launched into tragedy as bus carrying ‘many young people’ to campsite plunges from overpass

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The Independent UK

The stupidest things tourists have done on holiday

A trip abroad can quickly turn sour if you don’t respect the local culture and customs

The Independent UK

Venice mayor wants to give tourist ‘certificate of stupidity’ after they jumped off building into canal

The city leader described the jumper as a ‘delinquent’

Daily Mirror

'Cretin' tourist dives 30ft into Venice canal wearing only underpants as mayor rages

The young man, clad solely in his underpants, was filmed leaping from the top of the building and performing what looked like a belly flop into Venice's canal below

Reuters

Bustling Venice delays charging tourists for daily visits

Venice is delaying plans to introduce an entry fee for visitors because the city council has not yet fully approved the new admissions process, a spokesman for Mayor Luigi Brugnaro said on Friday.

WEKU

Venice mayor calls out 'imbeciles' surfing Italian city's historic canals

Incensed by two people he saw as making a mockery of Venice, Mayor Luigi Brugnaro offered a free dinner to anyone who could help bring them to justice.

ABC News

The Loop: Donald Trump affidavit one step closer to release, UN Secretary-General visits Ukraine, and tourists fined for surfing Venice's Grand Canal — as it happened

The news Australia is searching for, and all the news that happened while you snoozed: This is The Loop, your quick catch-up for this morning's stories as they happen.

The Independent UK

Venice mayor hits out at ‘idiot’ tourists for surfing along Grand Canal as two fined

Venice’s mayor had offered dinner to anyone who could locate those ‘making a mockery of the city’

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