Venice prepares to charge tourists, require booking

Tourists ride on a gondola as the municipality prepares to charge them up to 10 Euros for entry into the lagoon city, in order to cut down the number of visitors, in Venice, Italy, September 5, 2021. Picture taken September 5, 2021. REUTERS/Manuel Silvestri

VENICE (Reuters) - From a control room inside the police headquarters in Venice, Big Brother is watching you.

To combat tourist overcrowding, officials are tracking every person who sets foot in the lagoon city.