Tokyo, Japan, Will Be Exempt From Hotel Accommodation Tax For One Year From July

On July 13, Japan’s "Oriental Newspaper" reported that in order to support the hotel industry that has been hit hard by the new crown epidemic, Tokyo has decided to exempt hotel guests from levying accommodation tax from July 2020 to the end of September 2021. .

On the evening of March 30, local time, the Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee held a press conference in Tokyo, announcing that the Japanese government, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, the Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee and the International Olympic Committee have jointly decided that the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics will be held in July 2021. Opening on the 23rd and August 24th.

Tokyo Metropolitan Government has levied an accommodation tax since 2002. If the accommodation fee is between 10,000 and 15,000 yen per person per night, 100 yen will be levied, and 200 yen will be levied for accommodation fees above 15,000 yen.

In order to welcome domestic and foreign tourists during the Olympic Games, Tokyo has previously decided to exempt accommodation tax from July to September this year. Now that the Olympic Games are postponed for one year, Tokyo has decided to extend this preferential measure for one year.