The fee was introduced yesterday for daytime visitors to tackle overtourism in the city.
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00:00 Hundreds of Venetians staged a rally, clashing with the police over the new 5 euro entry
00:09 fee for the city. The fee, which will apply to daytime tourists, is designed to combat
00:15 excess tourism. Protesters say the authorities are diverting attention away from real problems
00:22 and instead are making things worse for the city.
00:24 "Venice is saving itself by giving homes to the residents, by repopulating it. The ticket
00:31 simply goes to counteract the daily tourism. It does not have any influence on the big
00:38 flows that come from the East, from China, from America, so nothing changes at all."
00:48 The 5 euro fee was first introduced for a month-long trial run. It intends to curb the
00:55 influx of one-day tourists who spend but a few hours in Venice without contributing much,
01:01 if any, into the city's economy, yet overcrowd the city's streets and canals.
01:07 (whooshing)