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Dutch tourist used marker to deface ancient Roman site at Herculaneum. A Dutch tourist has been cited by Italian police for writing a graffiti tag on the walls of an ancient Roman domus at the archaeological park of Her...
Venice takes in more than €700,000 in eight days of entry fees. In the eight days since Venice introduced a €5 entry fee for day-trippers, the Italian canal city has generated the same amount expected for the three-mont...
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Venice tackles mass tourism with day-tripper entry fee. Venice will charge day-trippers a €5 entry fee to visit the Italian canal city on select dates in 2024, with the new system coming into effect on 25 April, a publi...
Colosseum registers 24 per cent rise in visitors. The Colosseum in Rome attracted more than 12 million visitors in 2023, Italy's culture minister Gennaro Sangiuliano announced during an Easter visit to the ancient amphi...
Studio Labics wins international competition. The winning design for a New Archaeological Walk linking Rome's ancient landmarks was unveiled at a presentation on the rooftop terrace of Trajan's Forum on Tuesday. Rome...
Venice day-trippers to pay €5 entry fee on 29 dates in 2024. Venice will launch an online payment platform on Tuesday for its new €5 entry fee system for day-trippers as part of measures to ease pressure on the fragile...
Coins rain down on top of Roman ruins. A new trend in Rome sees tourists throwing coins into the Roman Forum - imitating the Trevi Fountain ritual - in the hopes of a return to the Eternal City. A growing number of v...
Rome’s fake street painters and bracelet scammers unmasked in viral videos. Lithuanian magician Rokas Bernatonis has exposed a scam involving prints of Rome landmarks being sold as original watercolours to tourists visi...
Italy lures international luxury hotels to Rome. Rome is second only to London for attracting the world's top luxury hotel brands in 2023, according to a new report by Luxury Travel Intelligence. The LTI rankings put...
Hotels in Rome expect tourism surge over festive season. Rome hotels are expecting to see a 30 per cent increase in arrivals this Christmas, compared to last year, with bookings for New Year in Rome set to be up 20 per...
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Gondola capsized after tourists ignored gondolier. A group of tourists travelling in a gondola in Venice ended up in the waters of a canal after refusing to sit still and stop moving around to take selfies. The incid...
Which dates in 2024 do Venice day-trippers have to pay €5 entry fee? Venice has released the 29 dates in 2024 when the new €5 entry fee system for day-trippers will be active, starting on 25 April, a public holiday in I...
Airbnb claims that it "acted within the law". Italy's financial police have seized €779.5 million from the online short-term rental platform Airbnb for alleged tax evasion, the prosecutors' office in Milan announced on...
New tariffs to take effect from 1 January. The Vatican Museums is to raise the price of its ordinary full entry tickets to €20, up from €17, with effect from 1 January 2024. There will be no change to the reduced far...
Colosseum combats ticket touts with new measures. Italy's Colosseum is introducing tickets with the names of visitors to tackle the widespread practice of tickets being bought up by bots and resold at inflated prices....
Florence mayor says ban on new short-term rentals in city centre is response to "cry for help" from local residents. Florence has banned new Airbnbs from opening in the UNESCO area of its historic centre as the Italian...
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