Claudio Lavanga is Rome-based foreign correspondent for NBC News.
VENICE, Italy — Ancient and beautiful, it is sometimes referred to as an open air museum and now visitors to Venice will have to pay for an entry fee after the Italian city became the first in the world to introduce a charging system for tourists on Thursday.
’” While there are no turnstiles at the city’s entrance points to make sure people have a pass, inspectors will be making random checks and issuing fines of between 50 and 300 euros to anyone who has failed to register. Prominent signs across the city and a TV and newspaper advertising campaign has been launched in Italy and some other countries to let people know about it.
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