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Cities have raised tourist taxes to fight overcrowding. But most charge a flat fee per guest, which the richest visitors barely notice. Amsterdam, New York and now Edinburgh tax the room price instead.
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OB / 02The number of foreigners taxed on their living costs rather than their income has fallen by more than a third since 2012. The cantons that still offer the deal are collecting more than ever.
OB / 03Italy charges €300,000 a year, Greece wants €800,000 for Athens or Mykonos, Uruguay now asks for real investment. What residency costs the very rich this year, and what changed.
OB / 04Rinat Akhmetov’s €471mn flat in Mareterra works out at about €188,400 a square metre. Here is how that compares with St Moritz, Gstaad, Lake Como and Tokyo.
OB / 05A new Imperial Hotel suite in Gion has set the price of a night in Japan’s top rooms at about ¥3mn. Kyoto now adds the country’s highest accommodation tax on top.
OB / 06After Iranian strikes in March, the rich were said to be swapping Dubai for Milan. Six months on, Dubai’s top end is busy and Milan’s flat tax costs €300,000 a year.