From 1 July, the tourist tax will be applied in San Marino. Usot and Federalberghi critical: “Let it be used for tourism and promotion of the country”
From 1 July 2022, the tourist tax for those staying in a Titano structure will also come into force in San Marino.
One stabilizing it is the Delegated Decree No. 83 of May 30, 2022, ratified in the last Great and General Council.
The tourist tax varies from 20 cents for one night in a 1-star campsite up to 4 euros per day in a 5-star hotel (which does not exist in San Marino to date).
The structure itself will collect the tax on behalf of the tourist and will then have to pay it to the Tax Office under penalty of high fines.
Speaking on the subject today UsotUnion of San Marino tourism operators, e Federalberghi San Marino complaining that the decree “not to receive information and requests which we have sent to the Government since February of this year. Our position – the two realities explain in a well-known conjunction – has always been conducive to the introduction of this approach provided that the proceeds were destined for the improvement and modernization of the quality level of all services that are offered to our tourists. Before the introduction of the Tourist Tax, it would have been necessary to have prepared a regulatory provision governing the complete modernization of the hospitality and tourism sector in general and then, as a final act, the introduction of the Tax “.
For the two realities “theabsence of a confrontation with the governmenteven if requested for some time and several times, it has prevented the formulation of a suitable and congruous one to the needs of the accommodation facilities which, instead, starting as early as 1 July, the tax must be collected “.
“Unfortunately, the text of the Delegated Decree – we still read – in addition to various critical issues that we will formalize again to the Government in the coming days, does not contain the most important request that involves formulated at the State Congress and that is the exact identification of the destination of the proceeds of the Tourist Tax. It is essential that the proceeds of this approach are exclusively destined for an intervention in the field of tourism and promotion of the country, including those in support of accommodation facilities, as well as maintenance, use and recovery of local cultural and environmental assets, as well as services. local public aimed at tourism and culture. In particular, at least the 50% of the tax revenue must be used for the organization of events and the promotion of the territory, while the remaining 50% must always be used for improvements that have an impact on the tourism sector and economy of the country “.
“In a context in which on the one hand, as the recent fiscal adjustment has shown, the Country is increasingly in debt and on the other hand, there are no development projects capable of promoting economic growth that can make debt sustainable, our big expense is that the proceeds from the living room setting can also be for electricityfor some time already unsustainable, either due to non-interest-bearing situations or to maintain privileges that are no longer acceptable ”conclude Usot and Federalberghi.