The municipalities of the Algarve are studying the introduction of a single tourist tax, at regional level, of 2 euros. The proposal was presented on Monday, the 19th, to the deputies of the Intermunicipal Assembly, a body of AMAL – Intermunicipal Community of the Algarve, and «is currently under analysis».
Before this step, the proposal had already been presented to the 16 mayors of the Algarve, at a meeting of the Intermunicipal Council of AMAL, in November.
The idea that is on the table «provides for the implementation of the fee in all municipalities in the region and for all typologies, as well as a positive discrimination in the low season (to be charged half the proposed amount)», according to AMAL.
«In addition, it foresees that a part of the revenues will be applied in each municipality and the other part reverts to the creation of a “regional fund” for the promotion of tourism (air connections in low season) and for tourist entertainment (major international events )», added the same entity.
On Monday, this idea was presented to intermunicipal deputies by João Fernandes, president of Turismo do Algarve, Daniel do Adro, president of the Association of Hotel and Similar Industries of the Algarve (AIHSA), and Hélder Martins president of the Associação de Hotéis e Empreendimentos Turísticos do Algarve (AHETA), entities that, with AMAL, make up the commission that will decide which model to implement.
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