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Tourists visit San Marco Square on April 24, 2024 in Venice, Italy. (Marco Bertorello/AFP via Getty Images)(NEW YORK) -- Peak summer travel season is fast approaching, and some cities abroad have already implemented fees in an attempt to protect popular destinations from potential damage from increased tourism.Bustling European cities from Barcelona to Amsterdam that get flooded with tourists, especially at historical hotspots during the high season, have used tourist taxes to help raise revenue...

Under the gaze of the worlds media, the fragile lagoon city of Venice launched a pilot program Thursday to charge day-trippers a 5-euro (around $5.35) entry fee that authorities hope will discourage visitors from arriving on peak days and make the city more livable for its dwindling residents.

Vibrant photos from the historic canals and narrow alleyways of the Italian city showed demonstrators with signs and banners expressing contempt towards the new policy

Tourists visit San Marco Square on April 24, 2024 in Venice, Italy. (Marco Bertorello/AFP via Getty Images)(NEW YORK) -- Peak summer travel season is fast approaching, and some cities abroad have already implemented fees in an attempt to protect popular destinations from potential damage from increased tourism.Bustling European cities from Barcelona to Amsterdam that get flooded with tourists, especially at historical hotspots during the high season, have used tourist taxes to help raise revenue...

(April 25, 2024) Most lovers of Italian wines have yet to realize the difference between Montepulciano, the medieval town in southwest Tuscany, Italy, and Montepulciano, the grape. Many, if not …

Emerging from Venice’s railway station on a dank, rainy morning, Sylvain Pellarin was the first person in the world to arrive in the city as it imposed an entrance fee on tourists, a controversial initiative that is being closely watched by other tourist hotspots.

The fragile lagoon city of Venice launched a pilot program to charge day-trippers an entry fee that authorities hope will discourage crowds on peak days and make the city more livable for residents.

A trial is currently underway in Rome to determine the guilt of Egyptian intelligence officers accused of torturing Giulio Regeni, 28, to death by burning his body and beating him relentlessly with sticks

The Golden Coach holds an interesting place in Renoir’s body of work. It was his second film in colour and the first of his films to represent a departure from his more naturalistic style, yet it retains the director's thematic depth, visual artistry, and humanist sensibilities.

On April 28, Pope Francis will visit Venice. The city shares a very long history with the popes of rivalry and essential partnership over almost a millennium.