Bali, Scotland, Greece, Spain: All the new and proposed tourist taxes in 2025

Bali, Scotland, Greece, Spain: All the new and proposed tourist taxes in 2025

Discover new and proposed tourist taxes around the world impacting Australian travellers in 2025 and how they're reshaping travel habits due to overtourism.

The Spanish capitals will enjoy good tourist health during this year thanks to the improvement in the connectivity that the main destinations will experience, in addition, an increase in the average hotel rate and the segments of cultural and gastronomic tourism. This is confirmed by Mabrian in his report ‘Evolution of urban tourism in Spain: connectivity, markets and trends for the first half of 2025’, in which they analyze the situation of Mad…

Comment on the MAT tax

Editor’s note: The following is a letter regarding the Municipal Accommodation Tax being considered by the Township of Lake of Bays. To start, I’m a tourist resort operator and a local resident.  So here are some thoughts about this MAT tax. Historically tourism has always started off with a site that was somehow desirable to visit and most often this was because of some natural feature of the surroundings. An obvious example, Niagara Falls, is …

Scotland at 7 - 12/03/2025 - Broadcasting Scotland

On tonight’s Scotland at 7, Ben Francis presents the latest Scottish and international news including updates from Gaza and Ukraine. The post Scotland at 7 – 12/03/2025 appeared first on Broadcasting Scotland.