Tourism and taxes in Russia
Tourist tax, tourism and taxes in Russia
The volume of receipts from the tourist tax in the budgets of municipalities of the Republic of Karelia for the first quarter of 2025 amounted to 10.5 million rubles, the press service of the Government of Karelia reported on Friday.
78 municipalities have already decided to use the tourist tax as an additional source of funding in Karelia. In the first quarter of this year, Petrozavodsk, Sortavala and Kondopoga became the leaders in terms of revenues from this tax.
A new tourist tax has been in force in Russia since 2025. The decision to introduce it on their territory municipalities of the subjects can make independently.
The government of Karelia predicts that by the end of 2025 the tourist tax may bring 48.5 million rubles to the republican budget. The regional authorities plan to allocate the funds to solve local issues.
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