Taxation of Tourism Activities: A Review of the Top 50 Tourism Destinations

Public authorities have played a key role in tourism competitiveness, as this agent is obliged to provide certain infrastructure and services. This has led to incurring certain additional costs that may be financed by contributions from the implementation of fiscal instruments. The objective of the...

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Autores: Durán Román, José Luis, Cárdenas García, Pablo Juan, Pulido Fernández, Juan Ignacio
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Huelva (UHU)
Repositorio:Arias Montano. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ariasmontano.uhu.es:10272/18610
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10272/18610
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Tourism destination
Tourism tax
Public policy
Destination management
Financing
Destino turístico
Tributación turística
Políticas públicas
Gestión del destino
Financiación
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Sumario:Public authorities have played a key role in tourism competitiveness, as this agent is obliged to provide certain infrastructure and services. This has led to incurring certain additional costs that may be financed by contributions from the implementation of fiscal instruments. The objective of the present work is to identify the tourist taxes implemented in the 50 main world tourist destinations. To do this, different official, national and international sources have been consulted. Tourist taxes have been identified in 49 of the 50 main tourist destinations; and have been configured, therefore, as an effective instrument for obtaining the necessary financing