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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...
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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...
New visitor experiences and lure of Ancient Rome draws 25,000 people a day to the Colosseum. Rome's Colosseum archaeological park, which in addition to the ancient amphitheatre includes the Roman Forum, Palatine Hill an...
Italian government steps into Colosseum ticket debate. Italy's culture ministry on Friday said it plans to introduce Colosseum tickets with the names of visitors in a bid to stop the widespread practice of tickets being...
Venice avoids UNESCO list of heritage sites in danger. Italian culture minister Gennaro Sangiuliano on Thursday hailed the decision by UNESCO not to declare Venice an endangered world heritage site as "a victory for all...
Tourists handed €450 fines for Trevi Fountain stunt. Two Australian tourists were fined €450 each after Rome police caught them swimming in the waters of the famed Trevi Fountain on Sunday night, Italian media reported....
Tourist filmed climbing on statue of Neptune. A 22-year-old German tourist caused €5,000 worth of damage to a historic statue of Neptune in the centre of Florence after climbing on to the monument to have his photograph...
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Influencer Venus disappears from social media. Italy's much-criticised tourism marketing campaign featuring Botticelli's Venus as a "virtual influencer" is the subject of an investigation by the audit court of Lazio, re...
No peace for Italy's heritage landmarks. A video has surfaced on social media showing two people, described in Italian news reports as tourists, illegally entering the Colosseum at night. The footage, published by In...
Tourist denies throwing her phone at air hostess. A plane bound for Rome turned back just 20 minutes after taking off from Olbia in Sardinia following an argument with a South American passenger over her rowdy children....
Tourists continue to deface historic landmarks in Italy. Italian police on Monday detained a 19-year-old French tourist after she carved a love heart with her initials and those of her boyfriend into the façade of the L...
Italian culture minister says numbers "exceed all expectations". The Pantheon has taken in more than €865,000 in ticket sales since the launch of a new ticketing system at the Rome landmark a month ago, Italy's culture...
UNESCO says Italy not doing enough to protect Venice. Venice is at risk of "irreversible damage" from climate change and mass tourism, according to UNESCO which wants to declare the Italian city an endangered world heri...
Rome "does not deserve or need" this type of tourism. Rome's tourism councillor on Friday requested help from the Italian government to stop tourists jumping into the waters of the city's Trevi Fountain. Alessandro O...
Winx Club helps to promote The Magic of Italy. The Italian foreign affairs ministry has teamed up with the children's animated series Winx Club to promote Italy around the world as a tourist destination. The internat...
Dangerous stunt took place in Polignano a Mare. Police in Italy are seeking to catch up with a tourist who made a 32-metre jump off a cliff into the sea in Polignano a Mare, a popular seaside resort in the southern Pugl...
Colosseum urges tourists to respect heritage. The Colosseum archaeological park has published a notice on its website warning of prison sentences of up to five years and hefty fines for those who vandalise the monument....
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