Users of hotels, inns and private lodging services in the city of Kyoto will be taxed after the city assembly passed an ordinance on Thursday. Under the measure expected to begin in October next year, the tax is set at 200 yen for travelers staying in accommodations that charge less…
Users of hotels, inns and private lodging services in the city of Kyoto will be taxed after the city assembly passed an ordinance on Thursday.
Under the measure expected to begin in October next year, the tax is set at 200 yen for travelers staying in accommodations that charge less than 20,000 yen per night per person, 500 yen for more than 20,000 yen and less than 50,000 yen and 1,000 yen for more than 50,000 yen.
Tokyo and Osaka Prefecture impose a similar tax on travelers staying at accommodations that charge more than 10,000 yen, but the Kyoto ordinance will be the first in Japan that also targets private lodging businesses.
Some areas in Kyoto are rife with unauthorized private lodging businesses and equally imposing a tax could be a challenge for the city.
