{"id":124048,"date":"2015-11-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-11-24T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/the-bucharest-tourism-promotion-and-development-association-wants-hotels-to-pay-a-1-promotion-tax\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T20:55:05","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T18:55:05","slug":"the-bucharest-tourism-promotion-and-development-association-wants-hotels-to-pay-a-1-promotion-tax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/the-bucharest-tourism-promotion-and-development-association-wants-hotels-to-pay-a-1-promotion-tax\/","title":{"rendered":"The Bucharest Tourism Promotion and Development Association wants hotels to pay a 1% promotion tax"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>The Bucharest Tourism Promotion and Development Association agrees that hotels in the Capital should pay a tax of 1% of the first night&#8217;s accommodation rate for each client, provided that these funds are collected in a separate account and used exclusively for the tourism promotion of Bucharest, as is the case in Mamaia or Oradea.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Calin Ile, vice president of the Bucharest Tourism Promotion and Development Association, stated that every year the Capital City Hall collected about 3 million EUR from the hotel tax, money that should have been used for the city&#8217;s tourism promotion. The money was distributed to the sector city halls, and from there, no one in tourism knew exactly what happened to it.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The new Fiscal Code provides for the elimination of the hotel tax, of 1% of the first night&#8217;s accommodation rate, but allows for the collection of a special tourism promotion tax for destinations intended to contribute exclusively to tourism promotion and development.<\/div>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.profit.ro\" data-wplink-url-error=\"true\">Profit<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h3>\n<p><strong>What is the proposed tourism tax for Bucharest?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The proposal involves a 1% tax on the first night&#8217;s accommodation rate, specifically dedicated to the city&#8217;s tourism promotion.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why is a separate account required for these funds?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A separate account ensures that the money is used exclusively for tourism development rather than being lost in general administrative budgets.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How does the new Fiscal Code change hotel taxation?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The new code removes the mandatory 1% hotel tax but allows local authorities to implement special taxes for destination promotion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Bucharest Tourism Promotion and Development Association agrees that hotels in the Capital should pay a tax of 1% of the first night&#8217;s accommodation rate for each client, provided that these funds are collected in a separate account and used exclusively for the tourism promotion of Bucharest, as is the case in Mamaia or Oradea.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":65758,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2859],"tags":[],"thb-sponsors":[],"class_list":["post-124048","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-stirea-editiei-en"],"article_style_override":"","post-style":"","post_via":"","post-top-image":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/topstory.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124048","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=124048"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124048\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65758"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124048"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124048"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124048"},{"taxonomy":"thb-sponsors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thb-sponsors?post=124048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}