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$15 Tax For Each Person
The Insituto Costarricense de
Turismo (ICT) - Costa Rican
Institute of Tourism - announced
it plans to establish a us$15
tax to enter the country.
Minister of Tourism Carlos
Benavides confirmed the project
and said that this would be a
substitute for the 3 percent
hotel tax now levied.
The sales tax in Costa Rica is
13%, however, hotels charge
their customers a sales tax of
16%, the 3% going to the ICT
coffers.
The tourism minister explained
that this tax will be applied to
both foreigners and nationals
entering through any airport.
The funds would be used to
promote Costa Rica as a tourist
destination abroad, since the
current allocation places the
country at a disadvantage
against competing countries.
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