The polls in the Italian city are framed as an existential dilemma over whether to change course in the face of overtourism and the unstoppable rise in sea levels
It needs restricted flows and entry tax which contributes to say…reducing the burden on existing tourism businesses when they take a hit from low sales. Been there before, it’s way too busy and lacks the romance of old.
Those fucking cruise ships filling the squares with tourists and canals with tourist shit, then they pay to ride in a gondola through the shit. RFK dream vacation.
That’s more a tax management issue, say for example the congestion charge in London brings in millions of revenue and ideally it should be driven towards green energy we’d hope.
No idea how it works in London… but my concern is that using fees and taxes to reduce things sometimes practically turn into “This thing is now only for rich people”.
I knew a guy who was a giant piece of shit and would park his Lamborghini anywhere and just eat the parking tickets. He’d get like $400 a day and he just didn’t care because he had the money. The rules are just for poor people if the penalty is just a fine.
My concern is that with a simple taxation approach, Venice becomes where bezos jets to whenever he wants, and I literally can no longer go. He already had a leg up, this just deepens the gap.
There are ways to address it. A lottery system. Or at the very least make the tax scale with wealth (like how some Nordic countries do speeding tickets)
It needs restricted flows and entry tax which contributes to say…reducing the burden on existing tourism businesses when they take a hit from low sales. Been there before, it’s way too busy and lacks the romance of old.
Those fucking cruise ships filling the squares with tourists and canals with tourist shit, then they pay to ride in a gondola through the shit. RFK dream vacation.
It’s moving like that in more places. The result is tourism for the rich. Everybody likes fewer visitors if they’re large spenders.
I imagine a large group of very wealthy people would be very in favour of a steep entry tax.
That’s more a tax management issue, say for example the congestion charge in London brings in millions of revenue and ideally it should be driven towards green energy we’d hope.
No idea how it works in London… but my concern is that using fees and taxes to reduce things sometimes practically turn into “This thing is now only for rich people”.
I knew a guy who was a giant piece of shit and would park his Lamborghini anywhere and just eat the parking tickets. He’d get like $400 a day and he just didn’t care because he had the money. The rules are just for poor people if the penalty is just a fine.
My concern is that with a simple taxation approach, Venice becomes where bezos jets to whenever he wants, and I literally can no longer go. He already had a leg up, this just deepens the gap.
There are ways to address it. A lottery system. Or at the very least make the tax scale with wealth (like how some Nordic countries do speeding tickets)