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Latest news and stories about tourist tax in Portugal for expats and residents.
The municipal council of Albufeira will hold two public sessions on Friday (April 17) to present its new Municipal Tourist Tax Platform, now available online. The sessions will take place The post Albufeira to host sessions on new tourist tax platform appeared first on Portugal Resident.
More than 12,000 people are expected to disembark from the ships, which should generate around €24,000 in revenue for the municipality from the tourist tax. Tourists spend an average of €60 per day.
The mayor explained the aim is to adjust and update the document that sets a payment of two euros per night, for a maximum of seven nights, with an exemption for children up to 12 years old.
The executive says the aim is to make adjustments and update the document.
The tax currently charged is €2.50, but the municipality led by Social Democrat Luís Filipe Menezes is advocating revising it to €3 to 'promote an appropriate balance.'
Home News Changes to tourist taxes to be “fairer” Changes to tourist taxes to be “fairer” The Matosinhos City Council will stop charging a tourist tax for overnight stays of less than four hours and for stays in campsites or caravan parks of three months or more.
Only stays of at least four hours will be charged, says the regulation that comes into force on Wednesday, and the tax is abolished for those who remain at least three months in campsites.
The Aveiro City Council has initiated the process to reinstate the tourist tax, which was abolished by the previous mayor, Ribau Esteves, at the beginning of his first term in 2014, the municipality announced this Thursday. This information is included in a council note detailing the main decisions from the private meeting of the municipal executive led by [...]
