‘Recipe for disaster’: Venice entry fee sparks confusion and protest on day one
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Some residents say €5 fee aimed at curbing tourist numbers goes against principle of freedom of movementFor more than 160 years, visitors have been arriving at Venezia Santa Lucia train station and disembarking straight into the heart of one of the world’s most historic and beautiful cities. Until Thursday, however, they had never been met by a group of stewards in white and yellow bibs demanding to know if they had downloaded their QR code.On the first day of what the mayor of Venice has hailed...

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