Zakopane reduces the local fee from PLN 2 to PLN 1.90 per day per person. In turn, the neighboring Kościelisko raised a fee to PLN 3, but gave tourists the so -called benefit package.
The mayor of Zakopane Łukasz Filipowicz during the Thursday session of the City Council emphasized that although the amount of the reduction seems symbolic, funds from the local fee play an important role in the development of the city's tourist infrastructure.
Zakopane changes fees for tourists
– I think we can say that we finally have something the cheapest and take arguments from all specialists in horror receipts. We have the lowest in Poland, maybe one of the lowest local fees. (…) We want to simplify the system of its consumption and we are working on a tourist card, although these works are going slowly – said the mayor.
Filipowicz justified the reduction of the desire to increase the tightness of this tribute and encourage entrepreneurs to its reliable download.
The decision to reduce was commented by councilor Paweł Strączek, who reminded the mayor that tourists, not entrepreneurs, pay a local fee. He also suggested to introduce the possibility of directly regulating this receivable at the city ticket office, which could improve its downloadability.
In Kościelisko, the fee up
Meanwhile, the neighboring Kościelisko chosen a different strategy. The head of the village Roman Krupa announced a increase in the local fee to PLN 3, arguing that in return tourists would receive real profits.
– A tourist paying a local fee receives a code entitling him to a number of discounts under the so -called benefit package. These are vouchers for tourist services, restaurants, souvenir shops, baths and ski stations. We hope that thanks to this downloadable will increase, and tourists will ask for a local fee themselves – said the head of the village Roman Krupa.
The city obtains about PLN 4.5 million annually from the local fee in Zakopane. In the previous term, these funds were allocated, among others for the purchase of city buses. The possibility of downloading is determined by the provisions on environmental protection, according to which the tribute can only be imposed in places with appropriate air quality parameters. Although Zakopane meets these requirements, the assessment is based on the average for the entire region, which underestimates the city's results.
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