Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan approves tax on tourists
From April 1 to the end of 2020, tourists in Turkey You will have to pay a tax of 1% for accommodation in hotels, then the fee can increase to 2%. This is a requirement of the new law, which was signed by Turkish President Erdogan on Saturday.
Hotels will be forced to reflect tax in customer bills for accommodation along with other tax levies. The president has the authority to lower it or double it.
All accommodation facilities, including hotels, motels, apartments, guest houses, campsites, will have to collect tax. The law also applies to facilities at hotels: amusement parks, water parks, restaurants, etc.
On November 22, the Turkish parliament voted in favor of a law that would impose a “stay tax” on tourists, despite numerous objections from hotels.
Experts believe that this measure will affect the domestic tourist flow, the prices of Turkish hotels for Russians will be significantly influenced by market factors, and among them the opening of Egypt will not be the last.
A law that imposes taxes on tourists for accommodation in Turkish hotels. Depending on the type of accommodation, guests will be charged for each person per day, with the cost determined by the number of stars in the hotel: from 6 lira (US$ 1) to 18 lira per night.
Approximately, the tax should be introduced in April 2020, that is, by the beginning of the next tourist season.
According to the Daily Sabah, the “tax on accommodation” of tourists announced the Deputy of the ruling party “Justice and development” Mehmet Mush. According to him, the fee will be paid by hotel guests. The tax will be charged for accommodation of tourists, as well as services provided to them - food, SPA, swimming pool, entertainment. In the future, the tax rate is expected to increase to 2%.
Russian tour operators reacted calmly to this news. “Taxes, of course, can affect demand: the daily price of hotels will rise slightly <...> the final price always depends on what the demand will be,” said Voskan Arzumanov, director of the tour operator TEZ tour.
Source: tourprom