Venice on Thursday became the first city in the world to introduce a payment system for visitors, an experiment designed to discourage tourists from arriving during peak hours.
However, it is not the only place in Italy that has recently introduced new measures to curb tourist flows.
Here are some of the initiatives currently in place.
Tourist tax in Venice
The lagoon city has introduced €5 tickets for day-trippers, valid from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. The experiment came into effect on April 25, a national holiday in Italy. Tickets are required for the following 10 days and most weekends thereafter until mid-July.
Venice residents, students, workers and homeowners are exempt from paying or booking a time slot. Visitors under 14 and tourists with hotel reservations must register, but entry is free of charge.
Other cities such as Como have said they are considering introducing a similar measure but are waiting to see how Venice’s initiative works before making a decision.
In addition, Venice has announced that from June it will limit the size of tourist groups to 25 people and ban the use of loudspeakers by tour guides.
Tourist measure in Florence
Florence announced in October that it would ban new short-term apartment rentals on platforms such as Airbnb in its historic center. Tax relief has also been granted for three years to short-term holiday rental landlords who now offer normal tenancy agreements to residents.
The city’s famous museum, the Uffizi, offers discounts for people arriving before 8:55 a.m. and lower rates out of season. To reduce crowds, it also closes once a week at 10 p.m.
Cinque Terrer Overtourism
The five villages of the Cinque Terre on the Italian Riviera are regularly flooded with visitors.
To ease overcrowding at peak times, the authority in charge of the area announced this week that it will charge visitors 15 euros (about $16) to hike the most famous coastal path. In addition, the path can only be walked in one direction.
Tourism measure for Capri
The picturesque little island, which lies in the bay opposite the southern city of Naples, has doubled its entrance fee, which is automatically credited towards ferry tickets, to 5 euros. The fee is charged from April 1st to October 1st.
Capri, Ischia, Procida, Lampedusa and Linosa change
These islands have introduced car restrictions or even outright bans during peak travel periods for non-residents.
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Venice tourist tax: Italian city introduces tourist ticket system