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Rome's
, Roberto Gualtieri, said the "Trevi levy" was expected to raise 6.5 million euros ($7.6 million) a year. Gualtieri said that on
, around 30,000 people visited the
every day this year. That amounts to over ten million
. However, city residents will be exempt from paying the tourist tax. The mayor said: "We believe that
is a fundamental right of
." He added: "We think it's correct and positive that the citizens of Rome can enjoy our
free of charge." The fountain was
commissioned in 1640 and was completed in 1762. It depicts Oceanus, the
of all water, and symbolizes the vast, untamed
of the world's seas and rivers.