Tourist Taxes in Lisbon Prompt Disagreement
More specifically, the PSD proposal recommended the chamber conduct a study that would update the tourist tax in the city, as the PSD Deputy argues that residents in the Portuguese capital should not be paying tourist taxes at all. Currently, they pay €2 in fees for each night of their stay in accommodation spots, including hotels and local establishments, AtoZSerwisPlus.pt reports.
At the presentation of the proposal, PSD argues that the tourist pressure on urban hygiene, maintenance of public spaces, pollution, and noise in the city of Lisbon have accumulated high costs, which must be alleviated urgently.
As the local media, The Portugal News reports, the PSD’s proposal for a study to update the tourist tax in Lisbon received positive feedback, being approved with votes against from PEV, PCP, and Chega, the abstention of BE and IL, and votes in favor by Livre, two independent deputies of Cidadãos Por Lisboa (elected by the PS/Livre coalition), PS, PSD, PAN, MPT, PPM, Aliança and CDS-PP.
The tourist tax in the city of Lisbon was applied on overnight stays by national students, including Lisbon residents, as well as foreigners in hotels and other accommodation establishments, and was implemented initially in January 2016.
While the tourist tax was €1 then, three years later, it was increased to €2 per night. Cruise ship passengers only started paying the fee this year.
Protesting the new and existing taxes, a CDS-PP deputy recommended that the tourist tax be applied at different rates, depending on the city area.
He further argued that tourist taxes should be lower or scrapped entirely in areas with fewer tourist visits, while in areas where tourist pressure is greater, the tourist tax value would be higher.
Maria Escaja, from the BE party, explained why she chose to abstain by saying that the way tourist tax money is spent needs to be revised. She pointed out that only one per cent is used for cleaning the city, while the rest is invested in tourism.
Escaja believes the tourist tax should help reduce the negative impacts of tourism, not just make the tourism industry bigger while PCP deputy Fernando Correira raised the issue that funds are not allocated for the city’s maintenance, saying the money from the tourist tax is not used for such purposes, as it should be.
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