Turmoil in Italy over plan to hike tourist tax

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Tour boat passengers gawk at the town of Vernazza, one of the picturesque Cinque Terre villages along the Italian Riviera that are thronged by tourists during the high season.
Photo: MARCO BERTORELLO / AFP/File
Source: AFP

Overtourism, which is already causing headaches from Venice to the Italian Riviera, risks costing travellers dearly as Rome considers hiking the tourist tax to make them “more responsible” — and raise cash.

According to a draft decree that emerged this summer,…

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