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Venice and Florence undoubtedly prove to be important destinations and hotel spaces whose eBooking always maintain high levels of occupation, however, a controversial measure comes into play today and no doubt has significance on the reservations of hotel rooms.

We talked about that was described as the residence and that really is a direct tax on tourists to charge staying in hotels in these cities, a true tourist tax that without doubt will be felt, as we said of controversy because his character.

The tax is applied from the amount of 1 euro per night and will gradually increase according to the star hotel where the tourists stay, and therefore may reach up to 5 euros per day if the user stays in a five-star hotel, note that the rate does not apply as early as the fifth day of stay, but still represents a significant tax given the amount of accommodation that both cities are constant.

We are not facing anything new of course, and in 2010 the city of Rome approved a similar rate, even higher than was set between 3 and 5 euros per night.

The fate of this revenue is reinvested in historical and cultural heritage, making it truly a model of alternative financing in a difficult economic times and where the cuts for these purposes are common in the general budgets of cities.