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Spain's economic problems one of its most famous festivals is now a "pay-to-join" . The cash-strapped town of Bunol will start people to take part in its Tomatina tomato-throwing . Tourists will have to pay 10 euros ($13) for the -long tomato fight. Regardless, all 15,000 tickets have been sold. Local will get 5,000 free tickets. The Tomatina costs 150,000 euros to . A lot of that goes paying for the 130 tons of tomatoes used as in the street battles. The streets are flooded with tomato juice at the of the festival.

Tourists from all over the have visited the Tomatina for decades. Bunol's mayor said the to charge for the first time was for both and security reasons. He said: "We…need to limit the for safety reasons. We have had a for the past eight or 10 years. The Tomatina is not . We don't know how many people are going to come." The festival began after the of WWII. There are many reports about its . Some people say a fight between near a vegetable market ended up with the throwing tomatoes at each other.

 
 

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