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Independence Palace tickets 2026: 80,000 dong for adults
Adult admission to the Independence Palace in Ho Chi Minh City is 80,000 dong in 2026, with students and seniors at 40,000 and children at 20,000.
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2026 tourist taxes, ticket prices and travel rules, researched from official sources, plus stories from travelers who actually went.
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Edinburgh Castle tickets 2026: 23.50 pounds online, 26 at the gate
An adult ticket is 23.50 pounds booked online against 26 pounds on the day, and the castle warns tickets often sell out far in advance.
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Guinness Storehouse tickets 2026: from 24 euros a person
The Storehouse's own booking page prices the standard experience from 24 euros a person in 2026 and the longer Home of Guinness Experience from 48.
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Round Tower Copenhagen tickets 2026: 60 kroner for adults
Adult entry to the Round Tower is 60 kroner in 2026, students 40, and everyone under 18 goes free, according to the tower's own site.
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Hassan II Mosque tickets 2026: 140 dirhams for foreign adults
The Hassan II Mosque charges 140 dirhams for a foreign adult guided visit in 2026, 70 for foreign students and 30 for children over 4, on fixed hourly departures.
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Robben Island tickets 2026: 600 rand for a non South African adult
Robben Island charges 600 rand an adult and 310 a child for non South Africans in 2026, against 400 and 210 for South Africans, with a walking tour priced far higher.
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Giza Pyramids tickets 2026: 700 Egyptian pounds for foreign adults
The Giza plateau costs 700 Egyptian pounds for a foreign adult in 2026 and 350 for a foreign student, and that ticket does not include going inside any pyramid.
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Teatro Colon tour tickets 2026: 34,000 pesos
A guided tour of the Teatro Colon costs 34,000 pesos for general visitors in 2026 and 17,000 for Argentine residents, with English tours only at four fixed times.
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Budapest Zoo tickets 2026: 5,900 forint for an adult
Budapest Zoo charges 5,900 forint for an adult and 4,200 for a child, student or senior in 2026, and a family ticket for two adults and two children is 17,500.
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Berlin Zoo tickets 2026: from 16 euros online, 25 at the counter
Zoo Berlin adult tickets start at 16 euros online against 25 euros at the counter in 2026, and children aged 4 to 15 pay from 7.50 online against 12.50 at the gate.
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Grand Palace Bangkok tickets 2026: 500 baht
The Grand Palace costs 500 baht in 2026 and the ticket desk shuts an hour before the gates, at 3:30 pm, according to the palace's own visitor page.
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Banff National Park tickets 2026: 12.25 dollars a day per adult
Banff entry costs 12.25 Canadian dollars a day for an adult in 2026 and 24.50 for a family, and free entry under the Canada Strong Pass ends on 7 September 2026.
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Acropolis Museum tickets 2026: 20 euros full, 10 reduced
The Acropolis Museum charges 20 euros for a full adult ticket in 2026 and 10 euros reduced, one price all year, with a Monday closing time in summer that catches people out.
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Zanzibar infrastructure tax 2026: 1 to 5 US dollars per person per night
The Zanzibar Revenue Board charges hotel guests between 1 and 5 US dollars per person per day depending on the hotel star rating, collected at the property rather than at booking.
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Vienna Ortstaxe 2026: 5 percent of the net room rate from 1 July
Vienna's local tax rose from 3.2 percent to 5 percent of the net accommodation charge on 1 July 2026, with a further step to 8 percent already scheduled for July 2027.
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Vancouver hotel tax 2026: 8 percent PST plus up to 5.5 percent in levies
British Columbia charges 8 percent PST on short term accommodation, up to 3 percent municipal and regional district tax, and a further 2.5 percent Major Events tax in Vancouver until 2030.
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Tokyo accommodation tax 2026: 100 or 200 yen per person per night
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government charges 100 yen a night per person for rooms from 10,000 to under 15,000 yen and 200 yen at 15,000 yen and above. Cheaper rooms pay nothing.
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Sydney departure tax 2026: 70 Australian dollars per person
Australian law sets the Passenger Movement Charge at 70 dollars for each departure, so a family of four leaving Sydney in 2026 carries 280 dollars of it inside their fares.
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Stockholm hotel tax 2026: 12 percent Swedish VAT on the room
Skatteverket puts VAT on hotel room rentals at 12 percent in 2026, so an 1,800 krona net rate becomes 2,016 kronor. No separate nightly city levy appears on the agency rate list.
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Singapore hotel tax 2026: 9 percent GST on the room rate
Singapore's goods and services tax stands at 9 percent in 2026 according to the Ministry of Finance, so a 300 dollar room carries 27 dollars of tax a night.
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Seoul entry cost 2026: the 10,000 won travel authorization is waived all year
South Korea's electronic travel authorization costs 10,000 won, but nationals of the currently exempt countries need none at all between 1 January and 31 December 2026.
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Bali tourist levy 2026: 150,000 rupiah per person
Foreign visitors to Bali pay a levy of 150,000 rupiah in 2026, paid through the official Love Bali portal under Bali Provincial Regulation Number 2 of 2025.
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Santorini cruise fee 2026: 20 euros per passenger from June to September
Greek law sets a cruise disembarkation fee of 20 euros per passenger at Santorini and Mykonos from 1 June to 30 September in 2026, falling to 12 euros either side and 4 euros in winter.
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Costa Rica air entry tax 2026: 15 US dollars on a ticket bought abroad
The Costa Rican Tourism Board lists a 15 US dollar tax for entering Costa Rica by air on a ticket bought abroad in 2026, alongside two separate 5 percent taxes on international tickets.
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Rome tourist tax 2026: 4 to 10 euros per person per night, capped at 10 nights
Rome's contributo di soggiorno runs from 4 euros a night in a one star hotel to 10 euros in a five star in 2026, for at most 10 consecutive nights, per the city's own tariff table.
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Reykjavik accommodation tax 2026: 800 ISK per night plus 11 percent VAT
Iceland's lodging tax is 800 ISK per night for hotels and guesthouses in 2026, and accommodation carries the reduced 11 percent VAT rate, per Iceland Revenue and Customs.
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Queenstown visitor levy 2026: NZD 100, plus an NZeTA from NZD 17
Most visitors to Queenstown pay New Zealand's International Visitor Conservation and Tourism Levy of NZD 100 in 2026, plus an NZeTA priced from NZD 17.
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Punta Cana tourist card 2026: 10 US dollars, already inside your airfare
The Dominican tourist card costs 10 US dollars in 2026 and has been built into air and sea ticket prices since a 2017 decree, according to the tax authority's own general norm.
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Prague accommodation fee 2026: 50 CZK per person per night
Prague charges 50 CZK per person for each started day of a stay except the day of arrival in 2026, under city ordinance number 19/2021.
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Porto tourist tax 2026: 3 euros per person per night, capped at 7 nights
Porto charges 3 euros per guest per night in 2026, for a maximum of seven consecutive nights, with guests aged 12 or under exempt, according to the city council.
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Phuket hotel tax 2026: 7 percent VAT and no arrival fee yet
Thailand's Revenue Department puts VAT at 7 percent in 2026, the official arrival card is free, and the proposed 300 baht entry fee has been pushed back again.
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Petra entry fee 2026: 50 JOD for one day, 90 JOD if you do not sleep in Jordan
Petra charges 50 JOD for a one day ticket in 2026 if you spend at least one night in Jordan, and 90 JOD if you arrive and leave the same day, per the Jordan Tourism Board.
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Paris tourist tax 2026: 15.93 euro a night in a palace, 8.45 euro in a four star hotel
From 1 January 2026 Paris charges 15.93 euro per adult per night in palaces, 11.70 euro in five star hotels and 8.45 euro in four star hotels, according to the city's tourist tax unit.
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Osaka accommodation tax 2026: 200, 400 or 500 yen per person per night
Osaka Prefecture charges 200 yen per person per night from 5,000 yen, 400 yen from 15,000 yen and 500 yen from 20,000 yen, under rates that took effect on 1 September 2025.
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Oaxaca lodging tax 2026: 3 percent in hotels, 5 percent in apartments and houses
Oaxaca's reformed article 55 sets the lodging tax at 3 percent for hotels and 5 percent for apartments and houses used for lodging, the vacation rental category, from 2026.
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Nice tourist tax 2026: 6.43 euro a night at the top, 2.28 euro in a three star hotel
Metropole Nice Cote d'Azur charges 6.43 euro per person per night for palaces and 2.28 euro for three star hotels from 1 January 2026, with unrated stays taxed at 6.70 percent capped at 6.43 euro.
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New York City hotel tax 2026: 5.875 percent plus $2.00 and $1.50 per night
New York City's hotel room occupancy tax is 5.875 percent, plus a flat $2.00 per room per night on most rooms and a $1.50 state hotel unit fee, before either sales tax.
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New Orleans hotel tax 2026: 15 percent combined plus 50 cents or a dollar per night
New Orleans hotels with 10 or more rooms carry a combined 15 percent tax, smaller properties 17 percent, plus an occupancy privilege tax of $0.50 or $1.00 per night, per the City of New Orleans.
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Nassau hotel tax 2026: 10 percent VAT on the room and on the levies too
The Bahamas taxes hotel stays at the standard 10 percent VAT rate in 2026, and the Department of Inland Revenue confirms resort and promotion board levies sit inside the VAT base.
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Naples tourist tax 2026: 6.00 euro per night in four and five star hotels from 1 May
Naples charges 6.00 euro per person per night in four and five star hotels and in short term rentals from 1 May 2026, capped at 14 consecutive nights, per the Comune di Napoli.
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Nairobi entry cost 2026: US$30 for Kenya's eTA, US$100 more to skip the wait
Kenya's Electronic Travel Authorisation starts at US$30 per traveller in 2026, with expedited processing costing an additional US$100, according to the official government eTA portal.
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Munich tourist tax 2026: 0 euro, because Bavarian law bans the bed tax
Munich adds 0 euro per night in accommodation tax in 2026. Article 3 of the Bavarian Kommunalabgabengesetz names the Ubernachtungsteuer among local taxes that may not be levied.
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Montego Bay tourist taxes 2026: US$20 on arrival plus up to US$4 per room per night
Jamaica charges air arrivals a US$20 Tourism Enhancement Fee and hotels a Guest Accommodation Room Tax of up to US$4 per occupied room per night, per the Tourism Enhancement Fund and Tax Administration Jamaica.
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Milan tourist tax 2026: 12 euro per night in five star hotels from 1 April
Milan charges 12.00 euro per person per night in five star hotels from 1 April 2026 and 9.50 euro in short term rentals, per the Comune di Milano tourist tax page.
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Mexico City lodging tax 2026: 3.5 percent on hotels, 5 percent through platforms
Mexico City taxes accommodation at 3.5 percent, or 5 percent when a platform collects the payment for an apartment or house, under articles 162 to 164 of the city tax code.
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Medellin hotel tax 2026: 0 percent IVA for foreign non residents against 19 percent
Colombia bills hotel stays by non resident foreign visitors at 0 percent IVA rather than the general 19 percent rate, on the tax authority own published doctrine.
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Marrakech tourist tax 2026: 10 to 25 dirhams per night in a five star hotel
Moroccan law bands the taxe de sejour at 10 to 25 dirhams per person per night for five star hotels and riads, and 15 to 30 for guesthouses and luxury hotels.
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Manila departure tax 2026: 1,620 pesos economy Philippine travel tax
TIEZA sets the full Philippine travel tax at 1,620 pesos economy and 2,700 pesos first class in 2026, with short stay foreign visitors outside its scope.
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Maldives green tax 2026: 12 US dollars per night at resorts, 6 at small guesthouses
The Maldives green tax is 12 US dollars per tourist per day at resorts and 6 dollars at guesthouses of 50 rooms or fewer on inhabited islands, plus 17 percent TGST.
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London tourist tax 2026: no overnight levy, and a 20 pound ETA
England has no overnight visitor levy in 2026; the government is only consulting on the power. The fixed charge for most visitors is the 20 pound ETA.