00:00Venice has launched a pilot program to charge day trippers five euros to access the city
00:10on 29 days between now and July.
00:14So tourists arriving at the city today will come upon signs looking like this, giving
00:20them the dates that this fee is being applied this year, and also showing the area where
00:26it's valid for this period.
00:28Behind me we have stewards who are checking people as they arrive to see if they have
00:33the QR codes.
00:34The people we've spoken to said it's been a very simple procedure in downloading the
00:39QR code.
00:40Anybody who is not staying in Venice, or not coming here to work, coming through these
00:45doors is now responsible for having the QR code on their phone to have paid the access
00:50fee.
00:51There will be checkpoints at some point where there's going to check.
00:54So far, on this holiday in Italy, very few people are arriving, but we have the world's
01:00media here, ready to witness this historic moment.
01:54It's a very, very special holiday, and it's a very, very special holiday, and it's a
02:04very, very special holiday, and it's a very, very special holiday, and it's a very, very
02:05special holiday, and it's a very, very special holiday, and it's a very, very special holiday,
02:06and it's a very, very special holiday, and it's a very, very special holiday, and it's
02:07a very, very special holiday, and it's a very, very special holiday, and it's a very, very
02:08special holiday, and it's a very, very special holiday, and it's a very, very special holiday,
02:09and it's a very, very special holiday, and it's a very, very special holiday, and it's a very, very
02:10special holiday, and it's a very, very special holiday, and it's a very, very special holiday,
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