As of November 1st, Loulé City Council is charging a tourist tax of €2 per day during the high season, which is expected to raise around 4.6 million euros annually.
The amount of the fee charged to guests who stay overnight in a tourist unit or similar in the municipality, aged 16 or over, for up to a maximum of five nights, is two euros per day in high season (April to October) and one euro in low season (November to March), according to the regulation approved and published in the Official Gazette.
The millions raised annually by the new tax will be invested in “infrastructures, equipment and services that enhance and guarantee the sustainability of tourism activity”.
Loulé, the largest municipality in the Algarve which happens to encompass several nationally and internationally recognised tourist developments such as Quinta do Lago, Vale do Lobo and Vilamoura, joins a group of municipalities in the region already charging the tourist tax, namely: Albufeira, Portimão, Lagoa, Vila Real de Santo António, Faro and Olhão.
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