>”Dublin councillors are removed from the reality of the costs associated with visiting Dublin, it’s hugely expensive.
>”It’s probably cheaper for someone to go to Dublin Airport now, fly to Rome and stay overnight than it is to do that in Dublin in spring.”
O’Donovan realises that the reason Dublin is so expensive for hotels at the moment, more than before, isn’t because they have high costs, it’s because they can get away with it due to the shortage/popularity of Dublin, right? State might as well capture some of that.
Many cities around the world have bed taxes, or tourist taxes, or have other methods of levying charges on tourists/visitors. There is a fair point that Dublin councillors should also stop giving the LPT discount if they want more money, but honestly letting local authorities have some power to levy a tourist or bed tax would be a good idea.
Perhaps even less as an idea for Dublin. There are many small towns with big tourist sectors in this country… giving them more resources to develop themselves could be a very good thing, and also tamp down a bit on the demands on central government for stuff councils should be doing issue.
A lot of European cities have a tourist tax and only apply it to foreign tourists not domestic travellers.
They say it’ll drive up costs, but it won’t because hotels are expensive because of their scarcity not due to cost. If hotels think this will kill their business, they are wrong they are killing their own business by charge extortionate prices.
Barcelona have a tourist tax and directly invest the majority of it back into the community of the metropolitan area every year. Tons of outdoor spaces with exercise equipment, playgrounds, etc. Brand new and top notch.
The fact that Coveney has to check with someone just tells you where these dickheads loyalty lies.
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We can’t tax our way out of our problems.
>”Dublin councillors are removed from the reality of the costs associated with visiting Dublin, it’s hugely expensive.
>”It’s probably cheaper for someone to go to Dublin Airport now, fly to Rome and stay overnight than it is to do that in Dublin in spring.”
O’Donovan realises that the reason Dublin is so expensive for hotels at the moment, more than before, isn’t because they have high costs, it’s because they can get away with it due to the shortage/popularity of Dublin, right? State might as well capture some of that.
Many cities around the world have bed taxes, or tourist taxes, or have other methods of levying charges on tourists/visitors. There is a fair point that Dublin councillors should also stop giving the LPT discount if they want more money, but honestly letting local authorities have some power to levy a tourist or bed tax would be a good idea.
Perhaps even less as an idea for Dublin. There are many small towns with big tourist sectors in this country… giving them more resources to develop themselves could be a very good thing, and also tamp down a bit on the demands on central government for stuff councils should be doing issue.
A lot of European cities have a tourist tax and only apply it to foreign tourists not domestic travellers.
They say it’ll drive up costs, but it won’t because hotels are expensive because of their scarcity not due to cost. If hotels think this will kill their business, they are wrong they are killing their own business by charge extortionate prices.
Barcelona have a tourist tax and directly invest the majority of it back into the community of the metropolitan area every year. Tons of outdoor spaces with exercise equipment, playgrounds, etc. Brand new and top notch.
The fact that Coveney has to check with someone just tells you where these dickheads loyalty lies.