The nine -month thorough investigation led by Italian Antitrust Authority, AGCM, has determined that Six long -time travel companies and official ticket agencies are deliberately and illegally being illegally From tourists who want to visit the Roman Colosseum between 1997 and 2024, encouraged officials to help unethical companies with a fine of nearly € 20 million.
Cooperative Cultural Association, which manages ticket sales for
From 1997 to 2024, according to AGCM, in addition to six travel operators spread throughout Italy, Germany, the Netherlands, and Ireland, were found guilty of ‘automatic ticket accumulation’ and for ‘Book most of the tickets to the main tourist attraction for its own travel package. ‘
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Extensive complaints from tourists could not buy tickets at official prices online prompted investigations
In July 2023, AGCM decided to follow a widespread complaint from tourists reporting that it was ‘impossible’ to buy official pricing tickets to historic
Online but instead have to buy high-priced tickets, which are easy to bundle with tour packages or skip-thin offers.
“Practices, including using software boats to bend tickets and sell them at a higher price, making it ‘basically impossible’ to buy tickets online,” said Italian Antitrust authorities, AGCM.
After AGCM concluded its investigation, they found that management ticket agencies and six travel operators basically had price tourists by implementing boats to buy a large number of tickets for themselves to ensure tourists buy them online, just to offer them at higher rates and with additional services.
Cooperative Cultural Association Ticket Agencies have been fined € 7 million for their illegal activities, while six travel companies, Tiqets International BV, GetyourGuide Deutschland Gmbh, Walks LLC, Italy with SRL families, City Wonders Limited and Mushroom Spa are raped by tickets quickly missing from the Coopculture website, according to AGCM.
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Online ticket prices are now regulated and available for direct purchases on the Colosseum website
AGCM wants travelers interested in visiting Colosseum to find out that online ticket prices are now regulated and can now be purchased directly through The ancient website of the web site. As of May 1, 2024, the Single Ticket Agency, the Cooperative Cultural Association, has been released as a ticket site for Roman Colosseum.
Online ticket prices to visit the Colosseum range from € 18 to € 26 depending on the priority of the ticket, and the number of people in your party interested in visiting ancient wonders. This site will disclose the official price for Colosseum as visitors navigate through the preferred page and purchase.
“Operators benefit from ongoing ticket uncertainty, which causes users to seek access to Colosseum without choice but to buy it through this channel – often at higher prices because of the bundling with additional services offered either directly or through other operators,” AGCM said.
The Power does not reveal how many tourists are charged In price fraud that removes prices. However, they have shown that they will not tolerate illegal practices such as tourists who are targeting this, and will ensure that this will not happen again.
Of the six travel companies found guilty of illegal tickets and hiking ticket prices to benefit them, the only one responded in response to the allegations, which voiced the claim false and baseless.
“The decision of the regulator is baseless and far from the facts,” Getyourguide said in a statement, adding that it was determined to “defend our operating integrity”.