Rovaniemi would be happy to start charging an additional fee for tourists – it would also be Finnish tourists
Tourism|The government decided to determine whether it would be possible to charge an additional fee in certain areas. Rovaniemi would like to try this.
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Rovaniemi Mayor Ulla-Kirsikka Vainio hopes that the city will be able to charge travelers for an extra overnight stay.
The government decided to investigate the experiment of the regional tourist fee that Rovaniemi would like to join.
In Rovaniemi, a fee could compensate for tourist consumption.
According to Vainio, the surcharge would apply to both foreign and domestic tourists and possibly 1-10 euros per night.
Rovaniemi Would like to charge travelers for an extra charge for staying in the city. Payments could compensate for the consumption of a large number of passengers, says the mayor Ulla cherry Vainio.
The charging of a tourist fee may soon be successful, as the government decided to explore the possibility of a regional experiment in the frame. It has not yet been decided where the experiment would be implemented.
According to Vainio, Rovaniemi has expressed a wish to the Ministry of Finance a wish for a tourist fee last summer. Therefore, Vainio is pleased that the issue was recorded in the public finance plan for the coming years.
Now it is hoped that the city will be involved in the experiment. The background is the tremendous increase in the number of tourists visiting the city every year. The city with about 65,000 inhabitants has 1.5 million overnight stays each year, most of which focus on the winter season.
The large number of tourists burden, among other things, waste management and highways.
“We need tools that reduce confrontation between locals and tourists. Currently, locals pay for taxation for consumption,” Vainio says.
Yet It has not been further explored whether the experiment is to implement. The report shall take into account, inter alia, the legal conditions and other legislative and municipal issues.
In advance, it should be decided, inter alia, on how to pay for money in practice and how it would be targeted.
According to Vainio, it would be best for the municipalities to decide for the details themselves.
« My reflection is that if money were to be charged from tourists staying in the area during the accommodation fee, this fee would be decided in the municipalities, » he says.
« In municipalities where tourism is not so great, the fee could be lower or there would be no. »
In Europe, the corresponding charges are in the order of € 1-10. According to Vainio, the fee would be charged from both foreign and domestic travelers, as in practice it would be difficult to separate travelers when paying for accommodation.
« Personally, I think that Rovaniemi has relatively high night prices during the high season, and the additional price of the euro or a couple of nights at night is not a reason not to come here. »
