Rome floats plan to charge tourists at Trevi Fountain

Rome floats plan to charge tourists at Trevi Fountain

After yet another summer of overtourism woes in Italy, officials in Rome are considering new measures to limit crowds at the Trevi Fountain, one of the country’s most famous sites. Rome’s mayor, Roberto Gualtieri, said that such a plan was a “concrete” possibility and that Italy’s tourism minister, Daniela Santanchè, was open to a program for controlling visitation at the fountain similar to that at the Pantheon. The Italian Culture Ministry debuted a 5-euro ticket system at the Pantheon last …