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    1 year ago

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    In an interview with news agency Bloomberg last week, Iceland’s Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir said that a tourism tax could help combat the impact visitors have on the country’s climate and environment.

    Companies in country’s the tourism sector are also improving sustainability, for example by utilising the circular economy and using electric vehicles, Jakobsdóttir added.

    Tourism tax can both help these places to cope with the burden of tourists and discourage visitors to limit crowding.

    It can be used to fund public transport infrastructure, reverse damage done by crowds, and support sustainability initiatives.

    Such schemes are already common across Europe with levies in place in major cities like Paris, Berlin, Amsterdam and Rome.

    Venice in Italy has long teased a visitor fee and recently set a launch date of summer 2024.


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