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California Travel-Related Spend & Visitation Forecast (Feb update)

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Forecast of visitation and traveler spending in California and traveler spending for California twelve regions with a five-year outlook for the state. 

MAJOR TAKEAWAYS

• Tourism spending in California advanced 6% in 2023, totaling $149 billion. Growth is expected to average 7% in 2024, adding an additional $11 billion in direct tourism spending to California’s economy.
• Tourism spending has fully recovered compared to the previous highwater mark in 2019 due to impact of inflation. As a result, spending is now 3% higher than 2019, even as visitation volume still trails.
• In 2024, domestic visitation is expected to reach 98% of pre-pandemic levels, while international visitation should fully recover. 

Source: Tourism Economics

Total visitor travel spending reached $149 billion in 2023, an increase of 6% over 2022 visitor spending. Total spending for California is forecast to grow 7% year over year, to $160 billion in 2024.

Total visits to California increased 4% in 2023 nearing 270 million visitors. Visitation volume is expected to grow 4% and California welcome an additional 10 million visitors in 2024.

International travel spending increased 38% in 2023 and is expected to reach $29 billion in 2024.

International visitation to California increased 29% and reached 15.1 million in 2023. It is expected to reach 17.4 million visitors in 2024. While international visitation in total should recover in 2024, recovery rates across California’s top inbound markets remains uneven.

Domestic travel spending increased 2% in 2023 and is expected to reach $130 billion in 2024.

Domestic visitation increased 3% in 2023 and is expected to reach 263 million visits in 2024.

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The Los Angeles Tourism & Convention Board  presents its Market Outlook Forum, “A Culture of Tourism – The Road to 50 Million,” on Wed., Aug. 14 at the Los Angeles Convention Center.   The day-long series of speakers, panel discussions and networking offers a uniquely valuable opportunity for executives in the hotel, restaurant, arts and culture, meetings and conventions, real estate, event planning, and other industries. The event will offer the most recent, relevant, and  comprehensive Los Angeles tourism market information and forecasts that industry leaders need to make informed strategic business decisions. Aug. 14, 2013. 7:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.Los Angeles Convention Center. 1201 S. Figueroa St., Downtown LATo register, please visit www.discoverlosangeles.com/marketoutlook or call (213) 236-2350. $299.99 for members. $349.99 for non-members.  Among the industry experts will be Bruce Baltin, Senior Vice President and Executive in Charge of PKF Consulting, one of the industry’s most authoritative voices. Google Travel’s Managing Director Rob Torres will share Google’s ideas on the future of travel and current and upcoming trends in digital travel marketing. Roger Dow, President & CEO of the US Travel Association, Yvonne La Penotiere, CMO of Brand USA and Caroline Beteta, President & CEO of Visit California will present updates, statistics and analysis on national and state tourism. LA Tourism President & CEO, Ernest Wooden, Jr. will present the LA tourism industry forecast for the future years.  Continental breakfast and lunch will be served and the day will end with wine and networking.  Event schedule - http://www.discoverlosangeles.com/blog/market-outlook-forum-schedule   To see speaker bios, visit - http://www.discoverlosangeles.com/blog/market-outlook-forum-speakers  

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Updated on August 26, 2016

2016 Visitation On Pace to Set Record, Exceed 46.5 Million

LOS ANGELES (Aug. 25, 2016) – Los Angeles Tourism & Convention Board (L.A. Tourism) shared new visitation forecasts and tourism data with local hospitality partners and business leaders at the organization’s fourth annual Market Outlook Forum. Among the highlights, visitation to Los Angeles is expected to set a new record in 2016 with more than 46.5 million total visitors, an increase of 2.4% from the previous record-setting year.

Domestic overnight visitation to Los Angeles is expected to grow 2.1% to almost 24 million this year while international visitation is estimated to grow 3.9% to more than seven million. Total visitor spend in 2016 is projected to eclipse $21.5 billion, an increase of 4.4% from last year.

“With global interest and desire for the Los Angeles experience propelling the City of Angels towards another banner year in 2016, we have our goal of 50 million visitors by 2020 locked in our sights,” said Ernest Wooden Jr., president & CEO of L.A. Tourism. “From exploring our hidden gem neighborhoods like the Arts District to becoming fully immersed in our thriving art and culinary scenes, there’s never been a better time to get lost in L.A.”

Special guest speakers included Kevin Demoff, EVP and COO of the Los Angeles Rams, who shared details on L.A.’s new NFL team and world-class sports and entertainment venue as well as Gene Sykes, CEO of LA2024, who presented the bid committee’s mission to bring the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games to Los Angeles.

L.A. Tourism also highlighted its global sales and marketing plans at the conference, highlighted by plans to extend a new version of its successful “Get Lost In L.A.” campaign to Australia, China and the U.K., L.A.’s top international markets. 

Hotel occupancy for the first half of 2016 reached 81.9% and is projected to total 81.1% for the entire year. RevPAR for 2016’s first half totaled $170.51, an increase of 10.4% from last year’s first half of $154.50. RevPAR for 2016 is forecasted to reach $137.87, an increase of 9.4% over last year.

L.A.’s citywide convention business is also thriving with 29 conventions booked for 2017, delivering a combined estimated economic impact of $433 million. 

About Los Angeles Tourism & Convention Board

Los Angeles Tourism & Convention Board is a private, non-profit business association whose primary mission is to market and promote Los Angeles as the premier site for leisure travel, meetings and conventions as the City’s official tourism marketing organization.

One of the world’s most dynamic and diverse destinations, Los Angeles is comprised of more than 30 diverse neighborhoods and considered the cultural hub of the Pacific Rim. Home to near-perfect weather, 75 miles of jaw-dropping shoreline, more museums than any other U.S. city and an award-winning culinary scene, Los Angeles presents endless possibilities that keep its more than 45 million annual visitors entertained. For more information, visit the official visitor information website of Los Angeles at discoverLosAngeles.com, join the more than one million people who follow L.A. Tourism’s Facebook page at facebook.com/LosAngelesFan, or follow @discoverLA on Twitter, Instagram and Pinterest.

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Los Angeles Tourism to Launch Its Largest-Ever Global Advertising Campaign

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Los Angeles recognizes that global competition for tourists has changed drastically since the pandemic. It's putting more money and targeting more markets to address it.

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Los Angeles Tourism is launching its most expensive and far-reaching advertising campaign on February 1 in Paris. 

“It’s our largest global campaign in the history of the organization,” said LA Tourism CEO and President Adam Burke. 

The campaign will target the U.K., Australia, New Zealand, Mexico, Canada, U.S., as well as France and South Korea. France is a new market. LA will be making it first in-market advertisement in South Korea since the pandemic. The ads will hit TV, streaming , cable, social media, in-flight video, podcasts, and billboards.

The campaign is the latest iteration of the “Now Playing” campaign, which centers around the destination’s arts, food, culture and other aspects of the LA lifestyle.  The campaign will also include out-of-placement collaborations with LA-based artists Mister Cartoon and Steven Harrington. 

Burke did not disclose how much the campaign cost beyond it being a “record eight-figure” investment. A share of the expenses is being covered by the $7.5 million grant LA received from Visit California to stimulate its post-pandemic recovery. LA Tourism has an annual operating budget of $69 million.

San Francisco Travel also got funding support from Visit California for its advertising campaign to reverse its sluggish tourism recovery .

Why LA Needs Such a Big Global Campaign

Competition for tourism is heating up, said Burke. It’s not just traditional competitors like London and New York City.

“The names that we keep hearing repeatedly when we meet with our partners in the trade are Canada, Saudi [Arabia], Australia,” he said. “Those are the three notable international competitors who are spending significantly against overseas visitation.”

Burke pointed to Saudi Arabia “literally spending billions” on its tourism infrastructure. The kingdom lured Los Angeles World Airports CEO Justin Erbacci into becoming CEO of Neom Airport last year, he said.

Outgoing Brand USA CEO and President Chris Thompson and NYC Tourism CEO and President Fred Dixon both also told Skift Saudi Arabia has become a rising competitor for international travel.

LA’s International tourism recovery pace needs to speed up. LA Tourism expects 24 to 36 months before visitors from overseas markets get back to pre-pandemic levels, said Burke. 

Los Angeles Tourism Plays Off the Paris Olympics Hype

On February 1, the tourism board will kick off the campaign at the Kimpton St Honoré in Paris. The aim is to leverage the excitement around the 2024 Paris Olympics . Los Angeles will be hosting the 2028 Olympics, its third time hosting it (this is also Paris’ third time hosting it).

France has become a growing source of visitors for Los Angeles, said Burke. French tourists can enter the U.S. without a visitor visa.

Now Playing K-Pop

Like France, South Korea is another visa-free country with the U.S. and has become a growing tourist market for LA. The tourism board is working with a K-pop boy band Riize to provide its song “Get a Guitar” to play alongside LA’s ads in South Korea. 

It is also putting ads on Netflix in South Korea. “In Korea, there are opportunities of streaming and Netflix that we really can’t see much in other markets,” said Bill Karz, senior vice president of brand and digital marketing for LA Tourism.

Update: This story has been corrected to say that South Korea is not a new market for LA’s advertising.

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Tourism Set to Return to Pre-Pandemic Levels in Some Regions in 2023

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After stronger than expected recovery in 2022, this year could see international tourist arrivals return to pre-pandemic levels in Europe and the Middle East. Tourists are nonetheless expected to increasingly seek value for money and travel closer to home in response to the challenging economic climate.

Based on UNWTO's forward-looking scenarios for 2023, international tourist arrivals could reach 80% to 95% of pre-pandemic levels this year, depending on the extent of the economic slowdown, the ongoing recovery of travel in Asia and the Pacific and the evolution of the Russian offensive in Ukraine, among other factors.

All regions bouncing back

UNWTO anticipates a strong year for the sector even in the face of diverse challenges including the economic situation and continued geopolitical uncertainty

According to new data UNWTO, more than 900 million tourists travelled internationally in 2022 – double the number recorded in 2021 though still 63% of pre-pandemic levels. Every global region recorded notable increases in international tourist numbers. The Middle East enjoyed the strongest relative increase as arrivals climbed to 83% of pre-pandemic numbers. Europe reached nearly 80% of pre-pandemic levels as it welcomed 585 million arrivals in 2022. Africa and the Americas both recovered about 65% of their pre-pandemic visitors, while Asia and the Pacific reached only 23%, due to stronger pandemic-related restrictions which have started to be removed only in recent months. The first UNWTO World Tourism Barometer of 2023 also analyses performance by region and looks at top performers in 2022 , including several destinations which have already recovered 2019 levels.

International Tourist Arrivals, World and Regions

UNWTO Secretary-General Zurab Pololikashvili said: "A new year brings more reason for optimism for global tourism. UNWTO anticipates a strong year for the sector even in the face of diverse challenges including the economic situation and continued geopolitical uncertainty. Economic factors may influence how people travel in 2023 and UNWTO expects demand for domestic and regional travel to remain strong and help drive the sector's wider recovery."

Chinese tourists set to return

UNWTO foresees the recovery to continue throughout 2023 even as the sector faces up to economic, health and geopolitical challenges . The recent lifting of COVID-19 related travel restrictions in China , the world's largest outbound market in 2019, is a significant step for the recovery of the tourism sector in Asia and the Pacific and worldwide. In the short term, the resumption of travel from China is likely to benefit Asian destinations in particular. However, this will be shaped by the availability and cost of air travel, visa regulations and COVID-19 related restrictions in the destinations.  By mid-January a total of 32 countries had imposed specific travel restrictions related to travel from China, mostly in Asia and Europe.

At the same time, strong demand from the United States , backed by a strong US dollar, will continue to benefit destinations in the region and beyond. Europe will continue to enjoy strong travel flows from the US, partly due to a weaker euro versus the US dollar. 

Notable increases in international tourism receipts have been recorded across most destinations, in several cases higher than their growth in arrivals. This has been supported by the increase in average spending per trip due to longer periods of stay, the willingness by travelers to spend more in their destination and higher travel costs due to inflation. However, economic situation could translate into tourists adopting a more cautious attitude in 2023, with reduced spending, shorter trips and travel closer to home.  

Furthermore, continued uncertainty caused by the Russian aggression against Ukraine and other mounting geopolitical tensions, as well as health challenges related to COVID-19 also represent downside risks and could weigh on tourism's recovery in the months ahead.

The latest UNWTO Confidence Index shows cautious optimism for January-April, higher than the same period in 2022. This optimism is backed by the opening up in Asia and strong spending numbers in 2022 from both traditional and emerging tourism source markets, with France, Germany and Italy as well as Qatar, India and Saudi Arabia all posting strong results.

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LA Tourism Holds Inaugural Market Outlook Forum

This sold-out industry conference will bring together the tourism industry’s most authoritative experts from across the business and leisure travel, tourism, hotel and hospitality industries to offer the most up-to-date, relevant and reliable marketing information, statistics, analysis and forecasts to help LA businesses tap into the record-breaking tourist visitation to LA.

• Bruce Baltin, Senior Vice President - PKF Consulting USA, LLC
• Caroline Beteta, President & CEO - Visit California
• Rajesh Chandnani, Vice President Of Strategy - WATG | Wimberly Interiors
• Roger J. Dow, President & CEO - U.S. Travel Association
• Yvonne La Penotiere, Chief Marketing Officer - Brand USA
• Patrick Mcclenahan, President & CEO - 2015 Special Olympics World Games
• Ernest Wooden Jr., President & CEO – LATCB
• Marco Reginelli – Head of Travel, Google West

MORE INFO: For a complete schedule and speaker bios, visit www.discoverlosangeles.com/marketoutlook .

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According to noaa, the warmest summers on record in the u.s. occurred in 2021 and 1936, when the average temperatures were 2.60 °f above typical values. the el niño and the southern oscillation (enso) could be in the neutral or la nina stage during the summer..

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The latest climate outlook for the upcoming summer shows much of the Lower 48 will continue to bake with temperatures that are well-above average, with varying amounts of precipitation across the country.

NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center released its updated seasonal outlooks on Thursday, which showed the probability of regions seeing above-normal, near-normal, and below-normal temperatures and precipitation. That includes the period of meteorological summer which begins on June 1 and stretches to Aug. 31.

WHY SUMMER SHOULD ACTUALLY BEGIN ON JUNE 1

Forecasters stated that an emerging La Niña will start to influence weather patterns across North America , but it is unclear exactly when the climate pattern will emerge.

The establishment of ridges of high pressures across the western U.S. and southeast Canada will likely result in significant heat waves, which could help challenge record temperatures in the regions.

The outlooks set the country up for what very well could be one of the warmest summers in history, outpacing records set in 2021 and 1936.

Summer temperature outlook

The only section of the country that could be in store for close to average temperatures is the Upper Midwest , which is a flip from the El Nino-influenced winter when the region experienced some of the warmest anomalies.

The extreme warmth that has dominated most of the year is not unexpected as Britain’s national weather service, the Met Office, previously called for global temperatures in 2024 to finish as much as 1.58 degrees C (2.84 degrees F) above average.

The European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service said global temperature anomalies in 2023 were around 1.48 degrees C (2.66 degrees F) higher than the running mean.

WHAT DOES RAIN SMELL LIKE?

Despite warm temperatures, rainfall to stick around

Usually, when warm temperatures dominate, a region sees below-average rainfall, but NOAA forecasters don’t believe that will be the case east of the Mississippi River.

The agency’s precipitation outlook for June, July and August showed most states in the eastern U.S. seeing the highest chances of rainfall tallies that will be above normal.

NOAA cited the growing emergence of a La Niña over the Pacific as being one of the main influences of weather patterns during the second half of 2024.

The precipitation outlook does not offer good news for all, with vast areas of the West likely seeing below-average rainfall.

This includes the Desert Southwest, where the annual monsoon is usually in full swing during the late summer, but in the latest forecast, it is not an apparent significant factor during the upcoming season.

Summer precipitation outlook

EARLY PREVIEW: WANING EL NINO LIKELY TO CONTROL SUMMER WEATHER WITH I-95 CORRIDOR AT CENTER OF HEAT WAVES

When neither El Niño or La Niña are in control

Several climate organizations around the Pacific Ocean consider the basin’s El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) state to now be in a neutral status, though NOAA's latest update on April 11 still has the region in an El Niño Advisory. But even they give significant odds (85%) El Niño will dissipate this spring. 

The neutral state of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) occurs when water temperature anomalies in the eastern and central Pacific are between 0.5 degrees C (0.9 degrees F) and -0.5 degrees C.

All occurrences of neutral summers over the last two decades have produced seasons that had temperatures above their typical values.

On the precipitation front, most regions of the country also see average or above-average rainfall during neutral events.

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NEW YORK (AP) —  Legislation  forcing TikTok’s parent company  to sell the video-sharing platform  or face a ban in the U.S. received President Joe Biden’s  official signoff  Wednesday. But the newly minted law could be in for an uphill battle in court.

Critics of the  sell-or-be-banned ultimatum  argue it violates TikTok users’ First Amendment rights. The app’s China-based owner, ByteDance, has already promised to sue, calling the measure unconstitutional.

But a court challenge’s success is not guaranteed. The law’s opponents, which include advocacy organizations like the American Civil Liberties Union, maintain that the government hasn’t come close to justifying banning TikTok, while others say national-security claims could still prevail.

For years, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have expressed concerns that Chinese authorities could force ByteDance to hand over U.S. user data, or influence Americans by suppressing or promoting certain content on TikTok. The U.S. has yet to provide public evidence to support those claims, but political pressures have piled up regardless.

If upheld, legal experts also stress that the law could set a precedent carrying wider ramifications for digital media in the U.S.

Here’s what you need to know.

IS A TIKTOK BAN UNCONSTITUTIONAL?

That’s the central question. TikTok and opponents of the law have argued that a ban would violate First Amendment rights of the social media platform’s 170 million U.S. users.

Patrick Toomey, deputy director of the ACLU’s National Security Project, said a TikTok ban would “stifle free expression and restrict public access” to a platform that has become central source for information sharing.

Among key questions will be whether the legislation interferes with the overall content of speech on TikTok, notes Elettra Bietti, an assistant professor of law and computer science at Northeastern University, because content-based restrictions meet a higher level of scrutiny.

ByteDance has yet to officially file a lawsuit, but Bietti said she expects the company’s challenge to primarily focus on whether a ban infringes on these wider free-speech rights. Additional litigation involving TikTok’s “commercial actors,” such as businesses and influencers who make their living on the platform, may also arise, she added.

COULD TIKTOK SUCCESSFULLY PREVENT THE BAN IN COURT?

TikTok is expressing confidence about the prospects of its planned challenge.

“Rest assured, we aren’t going anywhere,” TikTok CEO Shou Chew said in a video response  posted to X  Wednesday. “The facts and the Constitution are on our side, and we expect to prevail again.”

“Many of the calls to completely ban TikTok in the U.S. are about scoring political points and rooted in anti-China sentiment,” Toomey added. “And to date, these steps to ban TikTok had not been remotely supported by concrete public evidence.”

Still, the future of any litigation is hard to predict, especially for this kind of case. And from a legal perspective, it can be difficult to cite political motivations, even if they’re well-documented, as grounds to invalidate a law.

The battle could also string along for some time, with the potential for appeals that could go all the way to the Supreme Court, which would likely uphold the law due to its current composition, said Gus Hurwitz, a senior fellow at the University of Pennsylvania’s Carey Law School.

HOW MIGHT THE GOVERNMENT RESPOND TO THE CHALLENGE?

TikTok’s legal challenge won’t go on without a fight. The government will probably respond with national-security claims, which were already cited prominently as the legislation made its way through Congress.

Toomey maintains that the government hasn’t met the high bar required to prove imminent national-security risks, but some other legal experts note that it’s still a strong card to play.

“One of the unfortunate and really frustrating things about national-security legislation (is that) it tends to be a trump card,” Hurwitz said. “Once national-security issues come up, they’re going to carry the day either successfully or not.”

Hurwitz added that he thinks there are legitimate national-security arguments that could be brought up here. National security can be argued because it’s a federal measure, he noted. That sets this scenario apart from previously unsuccessful state-level legislation seeking to ban TikTok,  such as in Montana .

But national-security arguments are also vulnerable to questioning as to why TikTok is getting specific scrutiny.

“Personally, I believe that what TikTok does isn’t that different from other companies that are U.S.-based,” Bietti said, pointing to tech giants ranging from Google to Amazon. “The question is, ‘Why ban TikTok and not the activities and the surveillance carried out by other companies in the United States?’”

IF THE LAW IS UPHELD, COULD THERE BE WIDER RAMIFICATIONS?

Still, legal experts note that there could be repercussions beyond TikTok in the future.

The measure was passed as part of a larger $95 billion package that provides aid to Ukraine and Israel. The package also includes a provision that makes it illegal for data brokers to sell or rent “personally identifiable sensitive data” to North Korea, China, Russia, Iran or entities in those countries.

That has encountered some pushback, including from the ACLU, which says the language is written too broadly and could sweep in journalists and others who publish personal information.

“There’s real reason to be concerned that the use of this law will not stop with TikTok,” Toomey said. “Looking at that point and the bigger picture, banning TikTok or forcing its sale would be a devastating blow to the U.S. government’s decades of work promoting an open and secure global internet.”

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'Roughest landing': Watch video of plane bouncing off runway as it attempts to land at LAX

A Boeing 747 operated by Lufthansa Airlines ran into a couple of bumps as it landed at LAX Airport in Los Angeles.

Video footage of the landing, captured by Airlines Videos Live , shows the aircraft skidding on the runway and then bouncing off the ground as it attempts to land. The plane then takes off again, flying for a few minutes before successfully landing.

"What? Whoa, whoa, whoa," the commentator of the livestream could be heard saying. "We're getting that go around. Holy moly. Wow. That is the roughest landing I think we've ever caught on our broadcast."

A Boeing 747-8 Lufthansa flight was scheduled to land around 1 p.m. ET at LAX after a more than 11-hour flight from Frankfurt, Germany, LAX's website shows.

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No injuries reported

Lufthansa Airlines, in an email statement to USA TODAY, said that Flight LH 456 from Frankfurt to Los Angeles had a "rough landing" Tuesday. 326 passengers and 19 crew members were on board the flight and no injuries were reported.

The airline said the plane later flew back to Frankfurt following "an assessment by the cockpit crew, a consultation with the technical department on site and in Frankfurt and an initial visual inspection," where it will undergo further inspection. Lufthansa did not specify if the plane flew back empty or had passengers on board.

Airline Videos Live captures planes as they take off and land at LAX Airport. The livestream was created in 2019 by Los Angeles TV News photojournalist Kevin Ray, according to the YouTube channel account description .

While Boeing incidents have been in the news in recent months after a series of high-profile incidents , aviation experts maintain you shouldn't worry about flying .

“We don’t have to worry that there’s something systemically wrong with aviation,” Clint Balog, an associate professor at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, previously told USA TODAY.

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Venice tests 5-euro entry fee for day-trippers as the city grapples with over-tourism

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Under the gaze of the world’s media, the fragile lagoon city of Venice launched a pilot program Thursday to charge day-trippers a 5-euro entry fee that authorities hope will discourage visitors from arriving on peak days and make the city more livable for its dwindling residents.

Visitors arriving at Venice’s main train station were greeted with large signs listing the 29 dates through July of the plan’s test phase that also designated separate entrances for tourists, and residents, students and workers. The fee is equivalent to about $5.26.

“We need to find a new balance between the tourists and residents,’’ said Simone Venturini, the city’s top tourism official. “We need to safeguard the spaces of the residents, of course, and we need to discourage the arrival of day-trippers on some particular days.”

Not all residents, however, are persuaded of the efficacy of the new system in dissuading mass tourism, insisting that only a resurgence in the population will restore balance to a city where narrow alleyways and water buses are often clogged with tourists.

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Hundreds of Venetians protested against the program, marching festively though the city’s main bus terminal behind banners reading, “No to Tickets, Yes to Services and Housing.” Protesters scuffled briefly with police in riot gear who blocked them from entering the city, before changing course and entering over another bridge escorted by plainclothes police. The demonstration wrapped up peacefully in a piazza.

Tourists arriving at the main station encountered almost as many journalists as stewards on hand to politely guide anyone unaware of the new requirements through the process of downloading the QR code to pay the fee.

Arianna Cecilia, a tourist from Rome visiting Venice for the first time, said she thought it was “strange” to have to pay to enter a city in her native country and be funneled through separate entrance ways for tourists.

She and her boyfriend were staying in nearby Treviso, and thus downloaded the QR code as required, but she was still caught off guard while taking in her first view ever of Venice’s canals by the sight of the entrance signs and her boyfriend telling her to get out the ticket.

On the other side of the entrance ways, workers in yellow vests carried out random checks at the train station. Transgressors face fines of 50 to 300 euros ($53 to $320), but officials said “common sense” was being applied for the launch.

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The requirement applies only for people arriving between 8:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. Outside of those hours, access is free and unchecked.

Venice has long suffered under the pressure of over-tourism, and officials hope that the pilot project can help provide more exact figures to better manage the phenomenon.

The city can track the number of hotel visitors, which last year numbered 4.6 million and is down 16% from pre-pandemic highs. But the number of day visitors, which make up the majority of the crowds in Venice, could only be estimated until recently.

A Smart Control Room set up during the pandemic has been tracking arrivals from cellphone data, roughly confirming pre-pandemic estimates of 25 million to 30 million arrivals a year, said Michele Zuin, the city’s top economic official. That includes both day-trippers and overnight guests.

But Zuin said the data are incomplete.

“It’s clear we will get more reliable data from the contribution” being paid by day-trippers, he said.

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Venturini said the city is strained when the number of day-trippers reaches 30,000 to 40,000. On peak days, local police set up one-way traffic for pedestrians to keep the crowds moving.

Residents opposing the day-tripper tax insist that the solution to Venice’s woes is to boost the resident population and the services they need, limiting short-term rentals to make available more housing and attract families back from the mainland.

Last year, Venice passed a telling milestone when the number of tourist beds exceeded for the first time the number of official residents, which is now below 50,000 in the historic center with its picturesque canals.

“Putting a ticket to enter a city will not decrease ... even by one single unit the number of visitors that are coming,’’ said Tommaso Cacciari, an activist who organized a protest Thursday against the measure.

“You pay a ticket to take the metro, to go to a museum, an amusement park. You don’t pay a ticket to enter a city. This is the last symbolic step of a project of an idea of this municipal administration to kick residents out of Venice,” he said.

Venice officials expected paid day-tripper arrivals Thursday to reach about 10,000. More than 70,000 others had downloaded a QR code denoting an exemption, including to work in Venice or as a resident of the Veneto region. Hotels in Venice, including in mainland districts such as Marghera or Mestre, should provide a QR code attesting to their stay, which includes a hotel tax.

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Venturini, the tourist official, said that interest in Venice’s pilot program has been keen from other places suffering from mass tourism, including other Italian art cities, and municipalities abroad such as Barcelona, Spain, and Amsterdam.

But Marina Rodino, who has lived in Venice for 30 years, doesn’t see the fee as a cure-all. Neighboring apartments in her residential building near the famed Rialto Bridge once inhabited by families are now short-term apartment rentals.

The corner butcher shop closed. Yet she noted that the new entrance fee requirement will still allow young people to flood the city in the evening for the traditional aperitivo , which can grow rowdy.

She was passing out mock European Union passports for “Venice, Open City,” underlining the irony of the new system, and challenging its legal standing with citations from the Italian Constitution guaranteeing its citizens the right to “move or reside freely in any part of the national territory.”

“This is not a natural oasis. This is not a museum. It is not Pompeii. It is a city, where we need to fight so the houses are inhabited by families, and stores reopen. That is what would counter this wild tourism,’’ Rodino said.

Barry writes for the Associated Press.

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