Only seven of 16 Algarve municipalities charge tourist tax
40 municipalities out of 308 charge tourist tax in Portugal The Algarve, Portugal’s prime tourism destination, has long attracted visitors from across the globe for its golden beaches, charming towns,
Up it goes: city council approves Porto’s new tourist tax of €3 per night
Municipalities have been warned about ‘trivialisation’ of tourist taxes No matter the warnings, Porto city council has approved “by a majority a change” to increase its €2 a night tourist
Faro begins charging year-round tourist tax
Tourist tax is now charged all year Faro has begun charging a year-long tourist tax, the municipal council has announced. The tourist tax has been extended to cover the entire
Loulé begins charging tourist tax
Loulé becomes sixth Algarve municipality to charge a tourist tax The municipal council of Loulé started charging a tourist tax on Friday, November 1, it has announced. Guests, aged 16
Hoteliers concerned by councils’ trivialisation of tourist taxes
Zeal for increasing tourist taxes sends “wrong signal”, warns association leader President of the Hotel Association of Portugal (AHP) has expressed concern today over the “trivialisation of tourist taxes“, saying
Porto city council set to raise tourist tax to €3 per night…
Councils throughout Portugal cottoning on to ‘boon’ of tourist tax With councils throughout Portugal leaping on to the ‘tourist tax’ bandwagon, in some cases with a vengeance, Porto is taking
Tourist tax stampede: now it’s turn of communist-led Setúbal
Portugal’s municipalities see tourist tax as new ‘fast-track’ to raising money As of September, communist-led Setúbal City Council is to start charging a tourist tax of €2 per guest of
Viana do Castelo becomes latest municipality to charge tourists for visiting
Northern municipality seeks to charge all visitors over age of 16 up to €7.50 per stay Viana do Castelo, in the far north of Portugal, has today begun levying a
Lisbon city council approves doubling of tourist tax from September 1
Lisbon city council has approved a proposal to increase the tourist tax on overnight stays from €2 per guest per night to €4 per guest per night. The change will
Hoteliers and Albufeira City Council meet to discuss Tourist Tax
The Municipality’s hoteliers have continuously raised concerns about the lack of transparency regarding the distribution of these funds. On April 30, the Municipality of Albufeira released a regulation for implementing