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visitor's tax

visitor's tax

5.2
A small tax people who are not local pay when they stay in places like hotels
  • noun
  • /ˈvɪzɪtərz tæks/
  • Formal
translation icon : impuesto de visitantes
  • Many European cities charge a visitor's tax that is added to your hotel bill.

Examples

  • The visitor's tax is used to improve local infrastructure and tourism facilities.

  • Many tourists were surprised by the visitor's tax in Paris.

  • All guests are required to pay a small visitor's tax upon arrival at the hotel.

  • The city implemented a visitor's tax last year.

  • All guests are required to pay a small visitor's tax upon arrival at the hotel.

  • Many European cities charge a visitor's tax that is added to your hotel bill.

  • The visitor's tax helps fund the maintenance of local attractions and public services.

Synonyms

tourist tax
vsvisitor's tax
  • Formal
3.4

Local government charges a small fee per night or per stay for people staying in hotels and other tourist accommodation

applies to non residents who stay longer than 24 hours for tourism

Antonyms

resident
∞ 1.8

A person who lives in a place for a long time

Surface Forms

visitor's tax singular
visitor's taxes plural

Morphology

visitor's + tax

The meaning 'a tax imposed on visitors' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'visitor(s)' (people who visit) with 'tax' (a mandatory charge); the possessive form simply marks the tax as relating to visitors. This compositional pattern is cross-linguistically common (e.g., 'tourist tax') and would be understandable to a B1 learner who knows the constituent words, even if exact local rules require additional context.

Etymology

Visitor's tax is a simple, literal name: a small tax charged to visitors — people from outside the town who stay in hotels or holiday places. That's why it means 'a small charge paid by visitors during their stay'.