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24 October 2024 | Venice access fee: On Thursday 22 October, the Comune announced plans for 2025 (presentation) to be applicable on 54 days between April and July. The area, time and booking process will be the same as in 2024. For day visitors, the fee payable will either be €5 per person where booking is made more than 4 days in advance or €10 within 4 days. More information on the access fee in Venice section below.

Contributo di sbarco / Imposta di soggiorno

There are two types of tourist tax:

  • contributo di sbarco/accesso levied on day visitors to small islands and Venice
  • imposta di soggiorno levied on overnight visitors

Contributo di sbarco/accesso

Some municipalities (classed as small islands and Venice) are permitted by national government to levy a tax on day visitors, known as an access fee or landing contribution. The maximum amount small islands can levy is €2.50 per person per day (set in 2015 Article 33), but at certain times of the year or to access designated environmental areas €5 per person per day can be levied. Venice is permitted to levy up to €10 per person per day.

Capri is one such destination applying the access fee levying €2.50 per person per day year round.

Venice implemented the ‘access fee’ (contributo di accesso) in 2024 for certain days between April and July in an attempt to ‘manage tourist flows’ in the city centre (‘old city’) between 8.30am and 16.00.

The 29 applicable days in 2024 can be found here – Italian | English (slide 9) as part of a presentation from the Comune on the access fee.


2025

The Comune announced on 24 October (presentation) the access fee will be applicable on 54 days between April and July in 2025.

The area, time and booking process will be the same as in 2024, whereby the access fee is applicable only entering the ’old city’ (area 1 on the map) and not the minor islands between 8.30am and 16.00.

Visitors (day and overnight) are required to book on the online platform, even though some visitors are exempt from payment of the fee (e.g. staying overnight in the municipality).


Booking process

Online platform – Italian | English

The booking platform is also published in French, German and Spanish. Duplicate information is published on Comune webpage (Italian | English). The FAQ document can be downloaded in Italian.

  1. Accommodation/tour operators who have joined the Access Fee agreement with the Comune:
    • Accommodation facilities can issue exemption vouchers to their guests and therefore a tour operator/client is not required to book requesting an exemption voucher.
    • Tour operators who have joined the agreement for tour operators/agencies can book a group (between 10-60 people) using only the name of the group leader when a payment voucher required (i.e. day visitor). Clients’ names will not be required, only the number of people in the group. For an exemption voucher, if accommodation provider does not issue, see point 2 below.
      • Currently for tour operators to join the agreement, the representative applying on behalf of the tour operator must have a digital identity code (SPID/CIE/Cns) i.e. be resident in Italy. The agreement is required to be signed by the CEO of the operator, but responsibility can be delegated to up to 3 people to register the groups. Updates on expanding the membership agreement allowing more tour operators to join the agreement will be communicated on this page.  
  2. Tour operators without Access Fee agreement with the Comune or accommodation provider does not issue exemption voucher(s)
    • When booking either paying or applying for exemption, the full name of the visitor is required to receive a QR code voucher to be shown in the event of enforcement checks. Children under 14 are not required to book and neither are disabled persons and accompanying carer. Name changes are not possible once booking has been made. A voucher can be cancelled up until the day before the visit. NB cancelling one voucher in a group booking, cancels all the other vouchers issued on the same booking (i.e. main and additional holder(s)).


Fee payable
(only for day visitors)

For day visitors, the fee payable will either be €5 or €10 per person in 2025. Access will always be possible, there is no limit on the number of visitors on a certain day.

Day visitors
(entering ‘old city’ on 54 days in 2025 between 8.30 and 16.00)
€ per person, per day Some Exemptions
(from payment of fee / booking may still be required)
Venice 5.00 (more than 4 days in advance of access date)

10.00 (within 4 days in advance of access date)

Visitors staying in the municipal area who pay the overnight tourist/city tax (booking required),
Children under 14,
Secondary school trips (booking required),
Full exclusions/exemptions list in Articles 4/5 of the regulation (Italian | English)


Additional information

The legal basis for the access fee is that in 2018, the national government permitted Venice to apply the small islands legislation (Article 1 paragraph 1129 of the Law of Financial Statements 2019, page 317) and can levy up to €10 per person per day.

Initial official report on results of access fee in 2024.

Imposta di soggiorno

This tax has been implemented by approximately 1,000 local governments (municipalities) following national government legislation in 2011 (Legislative Decree No.23 of 14 March 2011 Article 4). The tax revenue is intended to finance tourism including supporting accommodation providers as well as the maintenance and recovery of cultural and environmental heritage and local public services.

Amount of tax payable is in most cases based per person per night on an accommodation’s star rating. Seasonality and where the accommodation is located (such as in Venice) can also affect the amount paid.

Most municipalities are allowed to levy up to a maximum €5 per person per night, however some municipalities are permitted by national government to levy up to a maximum €10 per person per night should they choose. These are:

  • Rome and Venice
  • Provincial capitals where tourist numbers are twenty times higher than the number of residents. The list of municipalities is reviewed annually and published by 30 September for the following year. The provincial capitals currently permitted can be found here which are Florence, Pisa, Rimini, Venice (already permitted), Verbania.

Below are selected destinations and further information can be found by clicking on the name of the destination.

Hotel Star Rating  Reductions Some Exemptions
 (per person, per night) 
Agrigento (Sicily)
(max 4 nights)
1.00 1.00 2.00 3.00 3.00 Children under 14,
A
dults under 30 staying in a Youth Hostel,
Disabled persons
Alghero (Sardinia)
(max 7 nights)
(May-Sep)
(Oct-Apr)
 

1.00 0.50

 

1.00 0.50

 

1.00 0.50

 

2.00 1.00

 

2.00
1.00

Children under 12
Amalfi
(no max nights)
(1 April-2 Nov only)
 

1.50

 

1.50

 

1.50

 

3.00

 

5.00

50% after 4 nights Children under 10,
1 coach driver & 1 tour leader for every 25 persons,
D
isabled persons 
Assissi
(max 3 nights)
1.00 1.00 1.50 2.00 2.00 50% groups from primary and secondary schools on an educational visit,
50% sport groups,
50% groups travelling by coach who have already paid the coach access fee
Children under 12,
1 coach driver & 1 tour leader for every 25 persons,
D
isabled persons plus carer
Catania (Sicily)
(max 4 nights)
2.00 2.00 2.00 2.50 3.50/5.00 Children under 18,
1 coach driver & 1 tour leader for every 25 persons,
D
isabled persons,
Y
outh Hostels
Como
(max 4 nights)
0.75 1.00 2.00 2.50 4.00 Children under 14,
Coach drivers & tour leaders,
D
isabled persons plus carer 
Florence
(max 7 nights)
3.00 4.00 4.50 4.90 5.00 50% groups from primary and secondary schools on an educational visit,
50% sport groups
Children under 12,
Disabled persons
Genoa
(max 8 nights)
1.50 1.50 1.50 3.00 4.50 Children under 14
Lecce
(max 5 nights)
(May-Sep)
(Oct-Apr)
 

3.00 1.50

 

3.00 1.50

 

4.00 2.00

 

5.00 3.00

 

5.00
3.00

50% business hotel events,   50% groups from primary and secondary schools on an educational visit,
50% sport groups,
30% groups travelling by coach who have already paid the coach access fee
 
Children under 12,
1 coach driver & 1 tour leader for every 20 persons,
Disabled persons plus carer
Matera
(max 3 nights)
2.00 2.00 2.00 4.00 4.00 Children under 14
Milan
(max 14 nights)
2.00 3.00 4.00 5.00 5.00 50% business events  Children under 18,
Adults under 30 staying in a Youth Hostel,
Disabled persons plus carer
Montecatini
(max 7 nights)
(Feb-Nov)
(Dec-Jan)
 

0.35 0.28

 

0.70 0.56

 

1.00 0.80

 

1.40 1.12

 

1.70
1.36

Children under 10,
Coach drivers & tour leaders,
Disabled persons plus carer
Naples
(max 14 nights)
1.50 2.00 3.00 4.00 4.50/5.00 Children under 14,
1 coach driver & 1 tour leader for every 25 persons,
Disabled persons plus carer,
Youth Hostels
Olbia (Sardinia)
(max 7 nights)
1.50 1.50 2.50 2.50 4.00 Children under 16,
1 coach driver & 1 tour leader for every 25 persons,
Disabled persons plus carer
Palermo (Sicily)
(max 4 nights)
0.50 1.00 1.50 2.00 3.00/4.00 Children under 12,
1 coach driver & 1 tour leader
Pisa
(max 5 nights – Mon before Easter to first Sun in Nov)
(max 3 nights – First Sun in Nov to Sun before Easter)
1.00 1.50 1.50 2.00 2.00
Rimini
(max 7 nights)
0.70 1.00 2.00 3.00 4.00 Children under 14,
Coach drivers, 1 tour leader for every 24 persons,
Disabled persons plus carer
Rome
(max 10 nights)
3.00 3.00 4.00 6.00 7.00 Children under 10,
1 coach driver & 1 tour leader for every 25 persons,
Youth Hostels
Siena
(max 4 nights)
(Mar-Oct)
(Nov-Feb)
 

2.50 1.50

 

2.50 1.50

 

2.50 1.50

 

2.50 1.50

 

5.00
3.00

Children under 12,
1 coach driver & 1 tour leader for every 25 persons,
Disabled persons plus carer
Sorrento
(max 7 nights)
(Apr-Oct only)
 

1.50

 

1.50

 

1.50

 

3.00

 

4.00

Children under 18,
Coach drivers & tour leaders
Taormina (Sicily)
(max 10 nights)
1.00 1.50 2.00 3.50 5.00 Children under 12,
1 coach driver & 1 tour leader for every 25 persons
Trieste
(max 5 nights)
1.20 1.50 2.00 2.20 2.50 Children under 18,
C
oach drivers & tour leaders who stay free of charge,
1 adult responsible for every 15 children,
D
isabled persons
Turin
(max 7 nights)
2.30 2.30 2.80 3.70 5.00 Children under 12,
1 coach driver & 1 tour leader for every 20 persons
Venice
(max 5 nights)
(Feb-Dec, Old Town)
(Jan, Old Town)
 

1.00 0.70

 

2.00 1.40

 

3.50 2.40

 

4.50 3.10

 

5.00
3.50

20% Islands (10% if 5 star),
30% Mainland, 
50% 10-16 years old
Children under 10,
1 coach driver & 1 tour leader for every 25 persons,
D
isabled persons
Verbania
(max 15 nights)
0.50 0.50 1.00 1.50 2.00 30% groups more than 20 persons Children under 6,
1 coach driver or 1 tour leader for every 20 persons
Verona
(max 5 nights)
1.00 1.50 2.50 3.50 5.00 20% persons aged between 15-25 or over 70,
20% groups more than 25 persons
Children under 14,
2 coach drivers & 1 tour leader for every 25 persons,
D
isabled persons plus carer,
Y
outh Hostels
€ (per person, per night) Net Cost of Stay
(including breakfast, excluding 10% VAT)
Reductions Some Exemptions
1-70.99   71-120.99   121 and above 
Bologna
(max 5 nights)
3.00 4.00 5.00 Children under 14

Disclaimer: While best efforts have been made to verify the accuracy of the information, the information displayed should be used as guidance only.

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