| The following table lists the 52 cities
monitored by the Tax Policy Center by the amount of taxes collected during a 5 day, 4
night trip. The amounts are expressed in 2002 United States dollars. The
hypothetical trip includes purchase of four nights' lodging, five days' car rental, twelve meals, and one
set of international airport arrival and departure
charges.
Average car
rental rates were determined by averaging prices found on
www.travelocity.com for
a 4-day rental beginning on August 12, 2002 and ending on August
16, 2002. The rates from as many as 15 rental car
companies were used to calculate an average daily rate.
Hotel and
restaurant prices were determined by the U.S. State Department's
"Maximum Travel Per Diem
Allowances for Domestic and Foreign Areas".
For a five day trip to
Beijing, China, expect to pay around $12.00 in travel taxes; for the same trip to
Buenos Aires, Argentina, expect to pay around $346.00 in travel taxes.
The average for
all 52 surveyed destinations is $170.87.
|
Tax Barometer Rankings by
Total $ |
|
City |
Total $US |
Total $ Rank |
|
Buenos
Aires |
$345.79 |
52 |
|
London |
$335.70 |
51 |
|
Tel Aviv |
$311.32 |
50 |
|
Copenhagen |
$300.16 |
49 |
|
Mexico
City |
$244.55 |
48 |
|
Stockholm |
$243.11 |
47 |
|
Santiago |
$240.15 |
46 |
|
Brussels |
$237.89 |
45 |
|
Istanbul |
$234.17 |
44 |
|
Vienna |
$234.01 |
43 |
|
New York
City |
$228.00 |
42 |
|
Frankfurt |
$223.76 |
41 |
|
Rome |
$223.15 |
40 |
|
Mumbai |
$221.99 |
39 |
|
Helsinki |
$219.59 |
38 |
|
Nairobi |
$217.71 |
37 |
|
Chicago |
$210.29 |
36 |
|
Munich |
$210.23 |
35 |
|
Boston |
$201.12 |
34 |
|
New Delhi |
$199.99 |
33 |
|
San
Francisco |
$192.63 |
32 |
|
Paris |
$187.93 |
31 |
|
Vancouver |
$182.74 |
30 |
|
Montreal |
$182.20 |
29 |
|
Athens |
$178.78 |
28 |
|
Toronto |
$177.58 |
27 |
|
Sao Paulo |
$171.60 |
26 |
|
Sydney |
$165.20 |
25 |
|
Rio de
Janeiro |
$164.31 |
24 |
|
Amsterdam |
$161.05 |
23 |
|
Honolulu |
$154.20 |
22 |
|
Miami |
$151.58 |
21 |
|
Los
Angeles |
$139.51 |
20 |
|
Cairo |
$135.64 |
19 |
|
Barcelona |
$132.97 |
18 |
|
Madrid |
$124.43 |
17 |
|
Geneva |
$123.12 |
16 |
|
Seoul |
$121.23 |
15 |
|
Prague |
$119.75 |
14 |
|
Zurich |
$117.24 |
13 |
|
Jakarta |
$114.50 |
12 |
|
Auckland |
$112.80 |
11 |
|
Manila |
$111.45 |
10 |
|
Tokyo |
$97.31 |
9 |
|
Johannesburg |
$96.25 |
8 |
|
Osaka |
$93.85 |
7 |
|
Bangkok |
$74.02 |
6 |
|
Taipei |
$64.05 |
5 |
|
Singapore |
$63.00 |
4 |
|
Kuala
Lumpur |
$40.11 |
3 |
|
Hong Kong |
$38.98 |
2 |
|
Beijing |
$12.32 |
1 |
(1=most
competitive, 52=least competitive)
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