In Europe because of the coronavirus abolished tourist fees and taxes
To restore tourist flows in cities and resorts of Europe are ready to abolish tourist taxes and fees.
Such a step is ready to go even in Venicewhere the most stringent measures are applied to tourists. Venice, which in Europe is considered one of the leaders in the fight against excessive tourism, will postpone the launch of the entry tax until 2021.
This tourist fee, the amount of which varies from 3 to 10 euros per traveler depending on the season, was due to come into force on July 1, 2020.
The city authorities are confident that the tourist flow to Venice this year will be the lowest in the last 60 years, and the introduction of a new fee in these conditions will be irrelevant. But the city tax, which is collected from hotel guests, is preserved.
Turkey’s residence tax, which was due to come into effect on April 1, 2020, has been postponed until January 1, 2021.
Croatia has suspended the collection of tourist tax for 3 months. If necessary, this measure will be extended for another 3 months.
Municipality Barcelona He suspended the practice of tourist tax until September 2020.
In Portugal The Algarve has temporarily abolished the tourist tax.
France As a support measure for the aviation industry, it has abolished a number of taxes and payments for 2020, including an environmental tax on air tickets.
To the government Greece Hoteliers and tour operators have asked to cancel the tourist tax in hotels.
Municipality Amsterdam It does not intend to change the tax policy in tourism, where an additional tourist tax is levied from 2020.
These measures will provide the city with a “quality tourist flow” after the end of the COVID-19 pandemic.
In Russia, an experiment on collecting a resort fee is conducted in the Altai, Krasnodar, Stavropol territories.
The budget of the Stavropol Territory provides for 277.9 million rubles of planned revenues from the resort fee. In the Altai Territory in 2020, it is planned to receive at least 46.6 million rubles. In the Krasnodar Territory from the beginning of 2020, the resort fee began to be charged in four more territories. In 2019, the resort fee brought the budget of the Kuban 225 million rubles.
Rosturizm had previously opposed plans to introduce hotel fees in Russian cities. According to the Ministry, the issue can be returned only after the normalization of the epidemiological situation and the resumption of the growth rate of tourism.
Source: atorus