Travel can be taxing on tourists at the best of time so they don't need the added burden of high taxes at the destination.
So it was with interest that I read this morning a study, which I wanted to share with you, by a group called Global Business Travel Association Foundation which identifies the Top 5 U.S. cities with the lowest and highest tourism taxes.
Listed as the five lowest tax burdened cities out of 50 destinations studied, three Florida cities topped the list - Fort Lauderdale was first, Fort Myers second and West Palm Beach in third. Following in fourth was Detroit and Portland was fifth.
According to the study, those five cities are lowest in both general sales tax and travel-related services such as car rental, hotel and meals.
On the flip side of the study, the five highest-tax imposing cities on travelers were in order: 1-Chicago, 2-New York City, 3-Seattle, 4-Boston, 5-Kansas City.
The study showed some drastic tourism tax differences between cities, in some cases 80 per cent more in comparison.
The study identified the Top 5 cities with the lowest discriminatory travel tax rates or travel-related services -- not including general sales tax - as being the California cities of Orange County in first, San Diego in second, San Jose third, Burbank fourth and Ontario fifth. The five highest discriminatory travel taxing cities are 1-Portland, 2-Boston, 3-Minneapolis, 4-New York City, 5-Chicago.
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