"Rome is set to introduce an entrance fee for the Trevi Fountain and five other sites, the Italian capital's mayor announced on Friday. Rome's mayor, Roberto Gualtieri, said at a press conference that tourists will be expected to pay the new fees starting on February 1. Rome residents will be afforded free access to the monument. While the Trevi Fountain will still be viewable from a distance for free, tourists will have to purchase a 2 ($2.35) ticket to get a closer look."
"The 18th-Century Baroque fountain is typically beset by dense crowds, with many people making a wish and tossing a coin into its water. Gualtieri said that an average of 30,000 people visited the fountain per day this year, amounting to some nine million tourists between January 1 and December 8. The other sites to introduce entry fees are the Villa of Maxentius an imperial structure built in the 4th Century the Napeolonic Museum, the Baracco Museum, the Carlo Bilotti Museum and the Pietro Canonica Museum."
An entrance fee will be introduced at the Trevi Fountain and five other Roman sites starting February 1. Residents of Rome will have free access while tourists will pay €2 ($2.35) to approach the fountain, which will remain viewable from a distance at no cost. Capacity restrictions already limit the area to 400 people at a time. The fountain averaged about 30,000 visitors per day this year, roughly nine million between January 1 and December 8. Additional sites with new fees include the Villa of Maxentius, the Napoleonic Museum, the Baracco Museum, the Carlo Bilotti Museum and the Pietro Canonica Museum. Similar measures have been applied to the Pantheon and Venice.
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