Porto is one of the cities with the greatest attraction to visit in Portugal , this causes with many international tourists to visit the city every year.
With the transit of people, the city of Porto suffers the effects of tourism , thus implementing a tourist rate , which has been in force since March 2018.
The tourist rate was approved on December 12, 2017 by the current Mayor Rui Moreira with the aim of "reducing pressure on infrastructure and public and urban equipment that tourism involves."
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The tourist tax is a tax applied to guests who make a reservation in tourist accommodation for spending the night in a certain area or city. Tourist taxes apply to all types of tourist accommodation, be it a hotel, hostel, hostel, camping or rural accommodation, among others.
The Porto tourist tax aims to raise funds to avoid the wear and tear caused by tourism to the city's places of common interest, maintaining them and improving tourist infrastructure, contributing to environmental sustainability and promoting tourism. sustainable area or city.
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Currently, the Porto tourist tax is €2 per person and is payable for a maximum overnight stay of 7 consecutive nights. Every person over 13 years of age is required to pay the tourist tax.
People with a disability of 65% or greater would be exempt from making the payment, as long as they present a document that certifies the disability , as well as those people who come to the city to receive some type of medical treatment .
For the moment, the tourist tax in Porto will remain at €2 per person . Although a study commissioned by the municipality itself recommends increasing the price of the tourist tax to €3 per night in tourist accommodation in the historic center of the city and to €2.5 in the rest of the accommodation in Porto.
Currently, Porto's tourist tax is one of the lowest compared to the rest of the cities in Europe that have implemented the tourist tax.
