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Italian Tourist Town Imposes a Tax on Visiting Dogs | News Channel 3-12

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By Barbie Nadeau, CNN (CNN) — Well-traveled pets already get their own passports. Now, in an age of overtourism — where visitors are sometimes charged fees to counter their impact on inundated communities — there’s inevitably a tourist tax on dogs. Starting in 2026, owners of dogs visiting the northern Italian city of Bolzano will be hounded for a daily tax of 1.50 euros, just under $2, part of a wider and controversial clampdown on canines in t…

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Italian tourist town imposes a tax on visiting dogs

From 2026, dogs in Bolzano will face tourist and resident taxes. Officials say it funds cleaning, but critics argue it unfairly punishes families and discourages tourism.

·Atlanta, United States
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In South Tyrol from 2026 will trigger, unless unexpected, a tourist tax for four-legged tourists, or 1.5 euros per day in addition to the traditional one...

·Milan, Italy
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According to the government, the new local tax for dogs is part of a plan to introduce a dog tax in the whole of South Tyrol in 2026. It is planned to be EUR 1.50 per day.

·Vienna, Austria
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The final farewell to the examination of the mandatory DNA, the return of the tax for dogs and, for the first time, the introduction of a tourist tax for 'four-legged tourists': It provides for a bill (ANSA)

·Italy
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Antonio López de Santa Anna was a president of Mexico who decreed the payment of a tax for every dog and cat that was at home in 1853. Two years later, that tax was withdrawn after leaving the government, but a town in Italy wants to follow the same path, although for different reasons. And it is that although the Mexican ruler wanted to charge a monthly weight for every pet to pay the public debt and budget of the army, the authorities of the c…

Starting in 2026, tourists arriving on vacation in the South Tyrol along with dogs will be obliged to pay a fee of 1,50 euros per day for each animal, writes La Stampa.

·Bucharest, Romania
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ANSA broke the news in Italy on Tuesday, September 23, 2025.
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