Venice to trial €5 ticketing system for day visitors from 2024

Authorities want to cut number of tourists as Unesco considers putting Italian city on heritage danger list

Venice will trial a ticketing system from spring next year, with day visitors charged 5 to enter the Italian city's historic centre in an attempt to reduce tourist numbers.

The city's council executive backed the move on Tuesday, just weeks after Unesco recommended Venice be added to its list of world heritage sites in danger, in part due to the impact of mass tourism.