Tourist taxes: Latin American countries where they are applied

02-08-23

If you are traveling this summer, chances are that you will be charged a tourist tax included in the price of your airline ticket or accommodation. The overcrowding of tourists has affected many destinations, which, under pressure from the arrival of visitors, have found it necessary to resort to the implementation of a tourist tax. 

The amount of the fee will depend on the local public bodies in each region, and the revenue is used both to continue promoting the tourist destination and to meet the costs associated with the arrival of tourists (cleaning, security, etc.). In this way, it is the tourists themselves who contribute to the preservation, development and promotion of the destination's infrastructure and tourism activities.