(ANSA) – ROME, AUGUST 13 – The very strong recovery of tourist flows in Italy, more evident than ever in these days of August 15th, brings new life into the coffers of local administrations also thanks to the tourist tax. To make the accounts – in a research that ANSA publishes in preview – is the National Observatory of Jfc on this tax that is paid in almost 970 Municipalities: in 2020 the total collection was 192 million euros and in 2021 of 263 million, a real drop compared to 622 million in 2019, the last pre-pandemic year. For 2022, on the other hand, receipts of 472 million are expected, equal to + 79.5% compared to last year.
“2022 is not only the year of the possible real restart – explains Massimo Feruzzi, sole director of JFC and head of the Observatory – but also that of the return, for the Municipalities, to significant collections thanks to the tourist tax. Without forgetting , on the other hand, that the government has set up a fund with an endowment of 350 million for the partial reimbursement of the missed collections of the tourist tax and landing fee, and that it has already recognized 75 million to the municipalities for such lower collections ( of which 21.9 million went to Roma Capitale, 8.4 million in Milan, 5.8 million in Florence and 5.2 million in Venice), and that a further 75 million will soon be distributed among all municipalities, except of those of the Province of Trento “.
Various municipal administrations are introducing the tourist tax this year – for the first time. From January it is paid in Cremona, while in Reggio Emilia it came into force in February; from June you pay in Tuglie and Selvino, from July in Pollica and Alliste, from August in Massarosa, in Gizzeria and Ivrea, tourists will start paying it in September, in Capo d’Orlando from October. Meanwhile, it is also being discussed in Sulmona, Scansano and in other 28 municipalities. (HANDLE).
Source: Ansa
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