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Include these tourist fees in your holiday budget for Europe this year

April 27, 2024299 Views

Your trips abroad, especially to Europe will cost more this year, as countries across Europe look set to increase tourist taxes. Travel insurance experts at Quotezone.co.uk have researched the cost of tourist fees for the most popular countries in Europe. Many countries have raised their fees for tourists this year, with visitors to Paris paying up to €14.95 a night, and a 5% charge on room fees in Berlin. Venice has introduced a trial for visitors to pay a €5 entry fee to the city during daytime hours, including additional costs for anyone staying in the city overnight. Manchester has introduced a tourist tax of £1 per night for visitors, which has been successful in funding street maintenance. FILE PHOTO: Tourists walking in a crowded street in Venice, Italy. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)...

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Bhutan lowers fees for longer-staying tourists

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June 19, 2023859 Views

Bhutan will lower the nightly fees it charges tourists who stay more than four days, in an attempt to boost visitor numbers that are still a fraction of the level before the COVID-19 pandemic. When the scenic Himalayan kingdom reopened its borders for tourists in September last year after more than two years of pandemic closure, it raised its "Sustainable Development Fee" to $200 per visitor per night from the $65 it had charged for about three decades. Authorities say the SDF is designed to attract wealthy tourists by discouraging budget travelers who spoil the environment. The funds maintain the pristine landscape and off-set the carbon footprints left by visitors. Bhutan bans mountain climbing to preserve the sanctity of its peaks, and draws only a fraction of the tourists...

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Bustling Venice delays charging tourists for daily visits

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November 12, 2022439 Views

Venice is delaying plans to introduce an entry fee for visitors because the city council has not yet fully approved the new admissions process, a spokesman for Mayor Luigi Brugnaro said on Friday. Tourism officials said in July that day-trippers would have to book their visit to the lagoon city online from Jan. 16 and pay between 3 and 10 euros ($3 and $10) for a pass in an effort to control crowd numbers. FILE PHOTO: Tourists ride on a gondola as the municipality prepares to charge them up to 10 Euros for entry into the lagoon city, in order to cut down the number of visitors, in Venice, Italy, September 5, 2021. REUTERS/Manuel Silvestri But the mayor's spokesman said the city council had not yet approved the necessary regulations, meaning the start date would have to be put bac...