The Italian lagoon city of Venice wants to oblige tourists to reserve their trip to the old town in advance by the summer.
From 2023, visitors should then buy a ticket to be able to visit the parts lying on the water, such as the historic center, said Venice's tourism officer, Simone Venturini, the German Press Agency on Wednesday.
The city wants to announce in the coming weeks when the free online reservation will be necessary.
The municipality wants to be able to better plan in advance how many people will be in the city.
According to media reports, hundreds of thousands of visitors were in Venice around Easter.
Long queues formed at popular attractions such as St. Mark's Basilica.
"Tourism in Venice is starting again," Mayor Luigi Brugnaro wrote on Twitter on Easter Monday.
"Today, many have understood that booking for the city is the right way for balanced tourism management," he continued.
The ticket for 2023 is especially important for day trippers to the Unesco World Heritage Site.
According to Venturini, anyone who books a hotel in Venice should not have to worry about it.
Locals don't need the ticket anyway.
Many of them have been upset about mass tourism in the "Serenissima" for years.
During the corona pandemic, the number of visitors dropped significantly, but the demand was to better control the flow of tourists in the future.