Akiko Kohsaka, an economist at Japan Research Institute. A growing number of local governments plan to cash in on Japan’s tourist boom by adopting accommodation taxes, and using the revenue to promote tourism and address related problems.
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The introduction of accommodation taxes is rapidly gaining momentum as local governments step up efforts to promote tourism on their own.
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toolonggone
How exactly is adopting accomodation taxes meant to promote tourism?
kohakuebisu
Accommodation taxes will be the easiest way to get tourists themselves to pay for things that improve the tourist experience.
Not-rich tourists do exist but they are vastly outnumbered by the rich ones. Destinations also want to attract the rich ones, not so much the not-rich ones.
Peter Neil
“ toolonggone Today 07:23 am JST How exactly is adopting accomodation taxes meant to promote tourism?”
it’s not.
turn the translation around, and it makes sense.
good translations come from good writers in the target language.
wallace
How to collect and distinguish between foreign tourists and domestic ones or collect taxes from all including traveling business people.
Good if used to improve tourism services.