Kyoto to raise maximum hotel tax to ¥10,000

Why It Matters: Why Hotel Room Taxes Are Going Up

The city of San Diego is going to raise hotel room taxes in May. The money was supposed to fund an expansion to the Convention Center, but that isn’t happening anymore.Anyone staying in a hotel in San Diego will soon see a higher tax on their bills.The tax ranges depending on how close to downtown you are, from 11.75% to 13.75%. So for example, if you’re staying in a downtown hotel and your room costs $250 a night, you’d see an extra $34 a night…

Japan’s Kyoto approves higher lodging tax from March 2026 to curb overtourism

The city plans to use the additional revenue from the tax in areas such as improving infrastructure and repairing cultural sites.

Kyoto to raise maximum hotel tax to ¥10,000

The amount will be the highest among areas using a flat-rate tax system across the country, according to the internal affairs ministry.

With a large majority in its municipal assembly, the Japanese town of Kyoto has approved to increase its tourist rate to 10,000 yen (61 euros) per person per night. In this way, the destination will impose the highest rate in the whole country, as confirmed by the Japanese Ministry of the Interior and of which local media have been echoed.This new ordinance, which will enter into force in March 2026, significantly increases the existing rate, wh…

Why It Matters: Why hotel room taxes are going up

The city of San Diego is going to raise hotel room taxes in May. But the money isn’t going where it was supposed to.

Kyoto, one of the most visited cities in Japan, has decided to significantly increase the tourist tax to reduce the wave of tourists invading the city in recent years.