What are the highest and lowest taxes in Europe in 2020?
From 1 January, tourists in Amsterdam You will have to pay more for your bed.
To the existing tax of 7% of the cost of accommodation in the hotel, added another fee – €3 per person per day of stay in the hotel, regardless of the category of accommodation.
For overnight camping - 1 euro per night.
Pay those who use services for short-term rental housing, such as Airbnb. Under the new rules, you will have to pay 10% of the cost of rent.
Under the new tax are passengers of sea and river cruises who visit Amsterdam, but do not stay in the city overnight. This will be a daily tax (dagtoeristenbelasting) of 8 euros. Passengers of cruises that start or start in Amsterdam are exempt from payment.
Officials said the new measures would "control the flow of tourists" - Amsterdam now hosts more than 17 million tourists a year.
Neighboring Rotterdam adds 6.5% to each hotel overnight bill. In Germany, a 7.5% tax on the cost of a room per night is taken by Dortmund hotels. Berlin, Bonn, Bremen tax tourists 5%.
Vienna (3.2%), Budapest (4%), Bucharest (1%) charge tax in the form of an interest rate on the daily cost of the room.
The highest such taxes - in Italy - overnight in a five-star hotel Rome It costs 7 euros a night. In Milan, Florence and Naples for a night of stay in the hotel 4 and 5 * the tax rate will be 5 euros.
In Paris For an overnight stay in a 5* hotel, you will be asked for 3.75 euros in tax, in Brussels – 4.24 euros. In Lyon and Marseille will take 3.30 euros. From 0.50 euros to 4 euros, depending on the category of the hotel, will be taken from a hotel room in Greece.
Low tourist tax rates apply in Malta (0.50 euros) and Gdansk (Poland), (0.52 euros). 2 euros will be taken in Lisbon.
From July 1, Venice will charge tourists 10 euros in high season and 3 euros in low season. The tax will be paid by those who stay in the city overnight. They will also be charged city tax for accommodation in the hotel, depending on its category (1.5-5 euros).
Barcelona has announced an increase in the tourist tax rate in 2020.
Source: atorus