2024-07-22 22:38:07
Tax hikes for short-term travelers under 12 hours
Market: “Cruise ship passengers only use facilities when in port, without contributing”
Short-term rental of tourist apartments will also end in 2028
Barcelona, Spain, has decided to raise the tax it charges short-term tourists in a bid to promote responsible tourism. In April, Venice, Italy, announced an unprecedented city entrance fee to combat overtourism.
Barcelona Mayor Jaume Coboni said in an interview with El País published on the 21st (local time) that he would “raise the taxes paid by cruise ship passengers to ensure that the city receives a reasonable profit from their short visits.”
“Barcelona is a city open to visitors and tourism is an important sector of the economy,” said Mayor Coboni, adding that “we will significantly increase taxes for those who stay (briefly) at cruise ship ports.”
“Short-term cruise ship passengers, who stay for less than 12 hours, use public facilities intensively without providing any benefit to the city. We want tourism that respects the destination,” he said. “The purpose of the tax increase is not to stop cruise ship tourists, but to generate revenue that can be invested in projects such as installing air conditioning in schools at a fair price.”
However, he was cautious about saying specifically how much tax would be levied, saying that a study has already been commissioned.
This is interpreted as a move to prevent overtourism by imposing a tourist tax on cruise ship passengers who stay in the city for less than 12 hours.
“We are also determined to address the consequences of mass tourism on the city. We will fully implement the ban on tourist apartments by 2028,” he said. “Among the rights of tourists who use the houses and those related to housing, we have decided to prioritize the rights related to housing in Barcelona.”
This is a sign that they will enforce the ban on short-term apartment rentals to tourists that was mentioned a month ago.
On the 21st of last month, Mayor Coboni announced that he would cancel the 11,001 apartments currently approved for short-term rentals, ending short-term rentals for tourists by 2028.
This is because the increase in short-term rental housing prevents the development of quality tourism industries and leads to rising housing prices.
Last year, 85.1 million international tourists visited Spain, a 19% increase from the previous year and almost double the country’s population of 47 million.
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