Venice extends the toll to single-day travellers and revives the debate on the effectiveness of tourist charges

The Italian city has increased the rate paid by tourists who arrive and leave, like cross-border tourists, and puts in the focus what to do with the income to benefit the resident populationIs Spain ready to receive 100 million foreign tourists per year? Venice receives more than 30 million travelers each year, almost twice as many as Barcelona. The two Mediterranean cities already have in place a tax, tax or tourist surcharge that falls on thos…