The city’s new tax, a response to overtourism, will hit high-end travellers the hardest
The new tax regime, which scales from 200 yen for budget accommodation to 10,000 yen for stays priced above 100,000 yen per night, will far surpass the current maximum levy of 1,000 yen.
“Tourists also must bear the cost of countermeasures against overtourism,” city officials insisted in their submission to the ministry, according to the Asahi Shimbun.
“Kyoto is going to use revenue from the accommodation tax to build a sustainable tourism city, which must be good for both tourists and Kyoto citizens,” Mayor Koji Matsui said at a press conference in January.
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