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

Tourists from all over the world have [flicked / flocked] to the Tomatina for [decades / decade] . Bunol's town mayor told reporters the decision to charge was partly due [for / to] financial constraints, but also [out / in] of security concerns. He said: "This is the first year we are charging for [excess / access] to this popular festival due to the need to [limitation / limit] the crowd for safety reasons. We have had a problem for the [passed / 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 / justly] after the end of WWII. There are various reports about its [originals / origins] . The most popular is that of a brawl between teenagers near a vegetable market ending up with the youths [pelting / petting] each other with tomatoes.