A large scandal is shocking Italy and was imposed fine Mammoth 20m euros to sell tickets to Colosseum In the black market.
The fine was imposed by the Italian Antitrust for the systematic and prolonged inability of visitors to buy tickets at a basic price for the Colosseum Archaeological Site, from 1997 to 2024.
Specifically, the principle imposed a fine of 7m euros on Coopculture accusing it of knowing it, it contributed to the phenomenon of systematic and serious lack of basic price tickets. In addition to Coopculture at the center of the scandal, there are six well -known tourist platforms.
The company is accused of not taking action to prevent it Ticket through automated media, such as bots.
It also had much of the tickets exclusively through packages that included its own educational guided tours, which had significant economic benefits.
The consequence of these were those who wanted to visit Colossaea not to find tickets at the official price and have to go to third -party tourist packages, which included “privileged” services at multiple costs.
Together with Coopculture fine, he was imposed on all six international tourist platforms Tiqets International, Getyourguide Deutschland, Walks, Italy with Family, City Wonders Limited and Musement With its total reaching € 20 million.
Tourist platforms bought mass tickets using bots and other automated techniques, exhausting availability on the official website. So they were leading thousands of Colosseum visitors to search for tickets through their own, more expensive, channels.
This is a case that opened in July 2023 after many complaints.