Kyoto introduces lodging tax on tourists

Kyoto introduces lodging tax on tourists

Photo taken on Oct. 1, 2018, shows a poster at a hotel in Kyoto informing guests that the ancient western Japan city began levying taxes on visitors staying at hotels, traditional inns and private lodgings to improve tourism services there. Kyoto is the third municipality to impose lodging taxes after Tokyo and Osaka prefectures. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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