| The following
table lists the 52 cities monitored by the Tax Policy
Center by their current travel tax index. The
composite travel index identifies travel tax
increases/decreases from hotel, car rental, meal, and air
passenger charges. Each destinations' base rate was set
at 100 in June, 1994. As of June 2002,
43 destinations have raised
their composite, 1 destination
remains unchanged, and 8 have
lowered their composite. The average index for all 52
cities is 117, indicating a 17% increase in
tourism-related taxes since 1994.. |
|
City |
Index |
|
Sydney |
1212 |
|
Beijing |
255 |
|
Boston |
187 |
|
Honolulu |
177 |
|
Mexico City |
174 |
|
Tokyo |
161 |
|
Miami |
151 |
|
Osaka |
145 |
|
San Francisco |
144 |
|
Cairo |
134 |
|
Amsterdam |
133 |
|
Istanbul |
132 |
|
Vienna |
131 |
|
Rio
de Janeiro |
129 |
|
Johannesburg |
128 |
|
Los
Angeles |
128 |
|
Madrid |
127 |
|
Barcelona |
126 |
|
London |
126 |
|
Frankfurt |
124 |
|
Sao
Paulo |
123 |
|
Montreal |
122 |
|
Munich |
122 |
|
Nairobi |
122 |
|
Buenos Aires |
121 |
|
Chicago |
119 |
|
Paris |
119 |
|
Kuala
Lumpur |
115 |
|
Brussels |
114 |
|
Rome |
113 |
|
Zurich |
113 |
|
Bangkok |
111 |
|
Tel Aviv |
111 |
|
Copenhagen |
110 |
|
Helsinki |
110 |
|
Auckland |
106 |
|
Geneva |
106 |
|
Santiago |
106 |
|
Singapore |
106 |
|
Stockholm |
106 |
|
Toronto |
106 |
|
Vancouver |
105 |
|
Seoul |
103 |
|
Taipei |
100 |
|
Manila |
97 |
|
Jakarta |
91 |
|
Prague |
91 |
|
New York |
89 |
|
Athens |
89 |
|
New Delhi |
87 |
|
Hong Kong |
74 |
|
Mumbai |
64 |
Higher Taxes
> 100
Parity = 100
Lower Taxes < 100
|
