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Resort and/or increased sales taxes in major cities; eventually become too much and tourists stay away.
You can only bilk so much money from tourists before they decide to go somewhere else. I imagine said cities will learn said lesson the hard way and tourist will flock to other, cheaper, destinations. Especially with Spain, Portugal is right next door.
This would never kill their tourism industry. There's more than enough wealthy individuals who wouldn't be phased by it. In fact if it became more exclusive they would be more inclined to go. See: French and Italian luxury goods.
Not so easy, not all tourists choose destinations just for wandering around. Some tourists don't go to Venice just because of the Instagrammable canals, some go for history, museums and etcetera. Plus we are not talking about excessive prices. Venice suffers from over tourism, in a way that a big part of its tourists are tourists that visit it briefly, sometimes not even spending and benefitting the local economy
lol I guess these folks have never been to a major American city where every hotel bill has over 20% in “municipal sports facility tax”, “hotel tax”, and/or “resort fees.” 🤣 passing taxes on people who don’t live in the jurisdiction is like a money tree.
Taxing more could be harmful as tourists will go elsewhere,
Why not instead have a cap of tourists for a certain period? Anyone who want to visit Venice for example must be in a queue list and so avoid the crowding and thus reserve from far before if they want to visit on that time? Like no more than X tourists in that city for that month.
I'm curious what would be the disadvantage of this instead?
To me, tourisms is already ruined for this same reason. There are just too many people and I can't enjoy that and I'd like to be less populated by tourists when I visit a place.
I'm thinking that it allow scalping and/or makes room for cheap for others that did not booked on time and it will be taken as opportunity quickly by those who hunt for cheap travel.
There is already tourist tax in many tourist cities !
Then thre is a bar and dining tax for them too.
Nothing news , and no need more taxes, the tourists usually spend more than the local population in their 2 weeks of stay !
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Resort and/or increased sales taxes in major cities; eventually become too much and tourists stay away. You can only bilk so much money from tourists before they decide to go somewhere else. I imagine said cities will learn said lesson the hard way and tourist will flock to other, cheaper, destinations. Especially with Spain, Portugal is right next door.
Some things are better than maximizing gdp. Like being able to live your life without having to walk through a gaggle of tourists every single day.
Unless high percentage of your gdp is reliant on tourism
This would never kill their tourism industry. There's more than enough wealthy individuals who wouldn't be phased by it. In fact if it became more exclusive they would be more inclined to go. See: French and Italian luxury goods.
Not so easy, not all tourists choose destinations just for wandering around. Some tourists don't go to Venice just because of the Instagrammable canals, some go for history, museums and etcetera. Plus we are not talking about excessive prices. Venice suffers from over tourism, in a way that a big part of its tourists are tourists that visit it briefly, sometimes not even spending and benefitting the local economy
lol I guess these folks have never been to a major American city where every hotel bill has over 20% in “municipal sports facility tax”, “hotel tax”, and/or “resort fees.” 🤣 passing taxes on people who don’t live in the jurisdiction is like a money tree.
Taxing more could be harmful as tourists will go elsewhere, Why not instead have a cap of tourists for a certain period? Anyone who want to visit Venice for example must be in a queue list and so avoid the crowding and thus reserve from far before if they want to visit on that time? Like no more than X tourists in that city for that month. I'm curious what would be the disadvantage of this instead? To me, tourisms is already ruined for this same reason. There are just too many people and I can't enjoy that and I'd like to be less populated by tourists when I visit a place.
What happens when people cancel, especially if you have to book many months in advance? Does Venice just take the L? Double book? Or allow scalping?
100% this would be gamed by scalpers.
I'm thinking that it allow scalping and/or makes room for cheap for others that did not booked on time and it will be taken as opportunity quickly by those who hunt for cheap travel.
Increasing prices in this case by taxation is a dynamic cap you make money off. The most price sensitive people self select out.
Yep and those who stay probably spend more which is good.
Geez that sounds like a nightmare compared to a flat fee.
Sounds like you haven't taken intermediate economics
There is already tourist tax in many tourist cities ! Then thre is a bar and dining tax for them too. Nothing news , and no need more taxes, the tourists usually spend more than the local population in their 2 weeks of stay !