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Spain's economic have led to one of its most famous festivals a "pay-to-join" event. The cash-strapped town of Bunol will start charging who want to take part in its world-famous Tomatina tomato- festival. Tourists will have to pay a of 10 euros ($13) to be part of the hour- tomato fight. Regardless, all 15,000 tickets have been sold. Local have been allocated 5,000 free tickets. The Tomatina costs the town 150,000 euros to organise. A hefty of that goes toward paying for the 130 tons of tomatoes used as ammunition in the street battles. The streets are flooded with tomato juice at the festival's end.

Tourists from all over the world have to the Tomatina for decades. Bunol's town mayor told reporters the to charge was partly due to constraints, but also out of security . He said: "This is the first year we are charging for to this popular festival due to the need to limit the for safety reasons. We have had a for the past eight or 10 years. The Tomatina is not controlled. We don't know how many people are going to come." The festival started just after the of WWII. There are various reports about its . The most popular is that of a brawl between teenagers near a vegetable market ending with the youths pelting each other with tomatoes.

 
 

 

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