Tourism only benefits the owner class. It doesnt benefit the other 99% of the population. In fact it actually takes space and money away from citizens.
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BeN9o@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I really don’t understand tourist tax, the tourists are spending money just to be there, 12 million tourists? that’s 12 million people buying rooms / food / experiences / gifts & memorabilia, why add a tax on that??
unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 1 day ago
HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 22 hours ago
It depends on the location. Tourism does generate some employment; some cities have been built on tourism as a base. The problem is that most tourism jobs are low wage. However, if your region doesn’t have any other kind of economic engine, it may be the best thing to develop.
HK65@sopuli.xyz 1 day ago
Infrastructure can’t bear it, only so many people can fit in one place. Also, a lot of these people, especially on cruise ships, spend exactly zero money at the place they visit, as they have lodgings and food on the ship, and are only there to sightsee.
IDK about taxing lodgings, but maybe there are too many hotels for the place? I’d guess AirBnB made it impossible to regulate the market by controlling the amount of permits issued.
I think a small flat fee is usually better at solving this, as you would need to get rid of the people who visit but don’t pay, but that might be hard to implement if you can’t close the place off like you can in Venice for example.
HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 22 hours ago
I’d tax cruise ships based on the number of people coming off the ship. Those tourists usually contribute the least to the economy in comparison to visiting sites.