Finland plans tourist tax
https://yle.fi/a/74-20221185
Posted by Shariful125
Finland plans tourist tax
https://yle.fi/a/74-20221185
Posted by Shariful125
9 Comments
The problem here is that they are also taxing domestic tourists. Hard also to differentiate people sleeping in Helsinki, Turku etc for work reasons or for leisure.
It’s not just Finland. Other countries are implementing similar things too.. Japan for example has already implemented some: [https://www.euronews.com/travel/2026/04/15/travelling-to-japan-in-2026-here-are-the-new-taxes-and-price-hikes-you-need-to-know-about](https://www.euronews.com/travel/2026/04/15/travelling-to-japan-in-2026-here-are-the-new-taxes-and-price-hikes-you-need-to-know-about)
A measure that could bring income in excess of literally dozens of euros
Great! Unironically the tourist tax should be few hundred euros, per day, per visitor. The insane influx of people in Europe needs to support economy more than it is.
I feel sorry for tourists. Not only they pay almost 10€ for a pint of beer they now have to pay more 😀
How about trying to provide better conditions to get tourists to spend more instead? No, everything needs to be taxed more. If something was still open and not overly priced to begin with.
It’s not like the country is drowning in tourists like Venice or something…
I live in the middle of nowhere: do we even get that many tourists that this would be beneficial? Will an additional tax in a country where everything is expensive keep drawing tourists here or would they skip us and go visit pretty much any other country that would offer more for the price?
It is for municipalities to decide whether they want it or not. And it will be just few euros per day maximum.
This is a very funny move because Finland is already unpopular with tourists because it is very expensive.