Amsterdam continues to crack down on overtourism by prohibiting the development of new hotels and limiting the number of travelers allowed to stay overnight in the city. Amsterdam bans new hotels and…
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Should taxpayers subsidize study abroad programs?
Should taxpayers subsidize study abroad programs for college students? That’s what the authors of this column advocate.
Continue readingHawaii proposing to charge each visitor $50 tourist tax
Ostensibly for improvements, or climate change or, as the Governor said, to decrease “the number of tourists that would come in at the low end”. They only want wealthy elite travelers.
Continue readingTaxes: San Juan Islands, WA proposes “tourism fee”
New taxes on tourists are coming to even traveling inside the U.S. These are in addition to existing hotel taxes.
Continue readingTaxes: Amsterdam raising tourist taxes
The daily fee charged to cruise ship day visitors will go from 8 to 11 euros, or $8.50 to $11.60, and the nightly fee built into hotel room prices will…
Continue readingOvertourism: Locations worldwide seek ways to reduce tourism pressures
Communities, world wide, are seeking controls, limits and fees on tourists, to reduce pressure of “over-tourism”.
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