Arwu@programming.dev to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 4 days agoMuseums warn against charges for overseas touristswww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square6linkfedilinkarrow-up112arrow-down11
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minus-squaretheo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agoHow would you feel if this tourist tax was instead charged at the point of an overnight stay? I feel like this is the more common option across Europe, but also has been criticised pretty heavily.
minus-squarewiccan2@thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoI don’t like that either, culture should not be taxed. We live in a world where everything we do is increasingly being turned into a for profit business. We should be allowed at least one safehaven.
How would you feel if this tourist tax was instead charged at the point of an overnight stay? I feel like this is the more common option across Europe, but also has been criticised pretty heavily.
I don’t like that either, culture should not be taxed.
We live in a world where everything we do is increasingly being turned into a for profit business. We should be allowed at least one safehaven.