The City of Venice will enforce a new tourist tax for visitors staying overnight, starting from August 24th.

The tax, which will not be charged on residents, will be levied on the first five consecutive nights of any overnight stay. Tariffs will vary according to season (there will be two fares, one for low and on for high season), location (three areas have been identified: Venice old town, the islands and the mainland) and to the type of accommodation (hotels, b&b, campsites, holiday village, etc).

THIS TAX WILL BE APPLIED TO

ALL HOTELS, B&Bs, HOSTELS AND CAMPSITES IN VENICE AND MESTRE

WITH THE FOLLOWING FARES:

from a minimum of 1,20 euro (low season) up to 2,40 euro (high season) per person, per night

Children aged between 10 and 16 will pay half the tax fare,
whereas those under 10 will not be charged at all.

THE TAX MUST BE PAID AT THE HOTEL AND IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE ROOM RATE.

But not only small children will be exempted from tourist taxation: no tax will be paid by tourist bus drives and tour leaders of larger groups (25 people at least); by volunteer and security forces on duty.
Reductions will be cumulative: each discount percentage will be applied to the full tax fare one after another.

For further details on Venice City Council website please click here