http://www.backpackers.com/blog/2006/08/28/would-you-pay-an-entrance-fee-to-visit-venice/ Your backpacking travel planner Sun, 07 Sep 2008 11:43:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 http://www.backpackers.com/blog/2006/08/28/would-you-pay-an-entrance-fee-to-visit-venice/#comment-13772 Jules Wed, 30 Aug 2006 02:04:44 +0000 http://www.backpackers.com/blog/2006/08/28/would-you-pay-an-entrance-fee-to-visit-venice/#comment-13772 Wouldn't a fee like that make Venice into a kind of theme park? Like Disney, or something... Wouldn’t a fee like that make Venice into a kind of theme park? Like Disney, or something…

]]> http://www.backpackers.com/blog/2006/08/28/would-you-pay-an-entrance-fee-to-visit-venice/#comment-13771 Mila Tue, 29 Aug 2006 04:31:19 +0000 http://www.backpackers.com/blog/2006/08/28/would-you-pay-an-entrance-fee-to-visit-venice/#comment-13771 I don't think they'll really go through with this, it not only affects tourists but the businesses that are supported by them too. Unless they actually do want less backpackers, which would suck. I don’t think they’ll really go through with this, it not only affects tourists but the businesses that are supported by them too.
Unless they actually do want less backpackers, which would suck.

]]> http://www.backpackers.com/blog/2006/08/28/would-you-pay-an-entrance-fee-to-visit-venice/#comment-13770 Kat Tue, 29 Aug 2006 00:33:04 +0000 http://www.backpackers.com/blog/2006/08/28/would-you-pay-an-entrance-fee-to-visit-venice/#comment-13770 If I lived in Venice I'd want HUGE entrance fees for tourists - make them pay, I say. Poor locals have to put up with loud sightseeing see-it-all-in-one-day type tourists. That must suck. If I lived in Venice I’d want HUGE entrance fees for tourists – make them pay, I say. Poor locals have to put up with loud sightseeing see-it-all-in-one-day type tourists. That must suck.

]]> http://www.backpackers.com/blog/2006/08/28/would-you-pay-an-entrance-fee-to-visit-venice/#comment-13769 Dave Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:23:15 +0000 http://www.backpackers.com/blog/2006/08/28/would-you-pay-an-entrance-fee-to-visit-venice/#comment-13769 Absolutely ridiculous!!! Backpackers and other budget travellers make up a very significant section of the travel population, and something like this will pose a barrier to entry for some. They should rather add a proportional tax or cover charge at certain places, or claim the money from their own tax-payers who benefit from all the tourist spending in the country. Absolutely ridiculous!!! Backpackers and other budget travellers make up a very significant section of the travel population, and something like this will pose a barrier to entry for some.
They should rather add a proportional tax or cover charge at certain places, or claim the money from their own tax-payers who benefit from all the tourist spending in the country.

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