Airline carriers often use aviation tax to pay for various types of initiatives and programs they wish to follow. Some of these programs include upgrading their services, or assisting in initiatives that matter most for the company. In Germany, the incoming aviation tax will be for the country’s initiative to help fight climate change and boost its other forms for transport. 

Germany’s Aviation Tax

On Tuesday, the German government announced that the new aviation tax will come into force in April next year. The new tax is also called as “Climate Tax” as part of the country’s initiative to reduce CO2 emissions from airplanes. The initiative was announced last month through the government’s website and it also aims to encourage rail travel.

Originally, the tax was supposed to be in effect in January 2020. However, it is not enough for airlines and passengers to prepare for the new airplane fees and charges.

The new aviation tax will be used in several ways by the German government. According to their statement in their webpage, it will be used to improve its rail industry. Since the rail industry will be improved, the government hopes many people will opt for trains to travel around the country or in nearby countries. They will also be lowering the price for train tickets with the help of the tax.

When it comes to CO2 emissions, some of the tax will be used to help aviation research to reduce CO2 emissions from planes. They will also use it for climate protection by introducing clean and synthetic fuels which airlines can use. However, details about these climate protection initiatives are yet to be announced by the government in their website.

Germany Travel Guide

Interested in learning more about Germany? You can check out the official travel guide for Germany through this link to find out more about the country. Our site also has great reviews on where you can stay in Munich and Dusseldorf.

If you are interested in working in the country, you can check out with your country’s German Embassy to find out more. You can also contact a licensed job agency to help with your applications. To give you an idea on how much the cost of living is in the country, we have guides for Berlin, Cologne, Frankfurt and Munich.

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Venice is one of Italy’s most visited cities. Tourists often fill its streets no matter what season it may be. However, with the number of tourists going in and out of the city daily, locals are finding it hard to keep the city protected from wild tourists. As a way to improve the way of life in the city, the Venice Tourist Tax will be introduced starting next year.

What Can Be Expected

On Wednesday, Venetian authorities announced that tourists visiting the city will be charged with a tourist tax. It can be between $3.30 and $11 per day, with the final price announced near the date. The tourist tax was announced last year, but it is only now could the authorities put it into force.

According to Venice mayor Luigi Brugnaro, the tourist tax is not meant to make money. “The aim is to improve the quality of life of residents.”

The new tax applies to visitors traveling to the city by bus, cruise ship, boat, plane and train. Those who will be exempted from the tax are those visiting Venice for family, work, and education. The tax will already be added to the accommodations of tourists staying overnight.

Venice is having problems dealing with overtourism. Around 30 million visitors enter the city yearly while around 55,000 are living in the city. Several reports have been in the news lately of visitors acting inappropriately during their visit in the city.

In an interview in July, Brugnaro said “Venice must be respected and those impolite people who come here and do what they want must understand that. Thanks to the local police, they will be sanctioned and removed.”

The tax will be used to help with the city’s upkeep and help reduce the fees locals have to pay for, like trash collection.

This is not the first time Venice introduced policies to curtail overtourism. In August, the city announced a rerouting for large cruise ships across the lagoon. They even reached out to UNESCO to put the city on its blacklist to divert these ships. Fines are also announced in May to stop misbehaving tourists and ban them from the city. Souvenir shops are also regulated under a new policy in September.

Venice Tourist Information

Visiting Venice soon? If that is a yes, you can check out the Venice Tourism website to learn more about the city. We also have a guide here in the site about where to stay in Venice and how to travel from Venice to Verona and from Venice to Ljublijana.

We also listed down a comparison between Florence and Venice in our site.

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