The ‘Tourism Dirham’ tax will apply to all guests staying at hotels, hotel apartments, guesthouses and holiday homes from March 31 2014. The fee, ranging from AED 7 (£1.17) to AED 20 (£3.33), according to the type of accommodation, will be charged per room, per night, adding up to £23 to the cost of a one-week holiday.
The hospitality tax is expected to help pay for Expo 2020 projects and the promotion of tourism in Dubai, which hopes to attract 20 million visitors by 2020, twice the number it did in 2012. The emirate expects Expo 2020 to cost more than US$8.7 billion (£5.3 bn).
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In general scenario its not a good news but these are very nominal charges for the people who are visiting and spending to enjoy Dubai life.
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