Entrance ticket to Verona based on the Venice model? “I don’t know that there is an idea in the pipeline for our city, nor that anyone has officially suggested it. As an Administration we are working to improve flows and guarantee a better quality of life for residents”, specifies the Councilor for Culture and Tourism Marta Ugolini.
“It is sad to note that information is circulating that does not correspond to reality – states the councilor -. Starting from the fact that a probable entry ticket for Verona was not discussed on yesterday’s official occasion or at the preparatory table for the drafting of the 2025-2027 Veneto Strategic Tourism Plan in which the members of the committee participated management, representatives and stakeholders of the sector. Then there is the data on the maximum threshold of tourists that Verona could host, a number that the university itself pointed out had never been made officially known, as the research group working on it has not yet calculated it ”.
“The administration’s position is that cities do not close down – adds the councilor Ugolini-. Applying an entry ticket for visitors similar to that of Venice in Verona too, if it were deemed feasible and appropriate for our city, would be practically impossible due to the presence of too many access points which would require as many safeguards.
We believe that the approach according to which lowering tourist numbers corresponds to guaranteeing better quality of services does not have a rational basis, rather a reflection on the real problem of crowding that occurs in some sites and in particular periods of the year is needed. For Verona this is the case of the Courtyard and Juliet’s House, for a definitive solution to which we are continuing the work started in recent months, or of some events that attract a greater number of tourists. We believe that the solution must be found in orienting tourists to the different areas of the city through a planning of the cultural and tourist offer that takes into account the balances at play and certainly not in the introduction of a ticket that would also be difficult to collect”.
“One topic we are working on, regarding the touristisation of the historic centre, concerns tourist rentals – adds the councilor Ugolini-. A topic that the administration has at heart and on which serious evaluations are being made and suitable solutions identified. We would really like, and this is what we are asking for in several Municipalities, to have a national law available that attributes real powers of intervention to the municipalities, to ensure the authenticity and real liveability of the historic centers through adequate regulations”.
