Up to five euros/night
These places really cash in on the tourist tax
As if the prices for overnight stays in Austrian tourist regions weren't already high enough, accommodation providers also charge a tourist tax. Krone+ took a look at where you pay how much and what happens to the revenue.
Kronen Zeitung als bevorzugte Google-Quelle hinzufügen Paying a tourist tax is nothing new in Austria. Bad Ischl was already charging tourists an extra tax almost 200 years ago. In Germany, a spa tax dating back to 1507 (in Baden-Baden) has been documented. Nowadays, it is common practice in all municipalities with accommodation facilities to levy a local or visitor's tax. However, this varies throughout Austria. All federal states have one thing in common: children are exempt from the local tax. Krone+ has rummaged through the state laws and discovered some astonishing differences.
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