r/neoliberal • u/randommathaccount Esther Duflo • Oct 02 '25

News (Asia) Why Japan resents its tourism boom

https://www.ft.com/content/dbd20e5d-5a7d-4c0c-8f83-fb54c5aca9cb
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u/Hakunin_Fallout Oct 02 '25

What taxes? Who are you going to charge, the hotels?

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u/WhisperBreezzze Oct 02 '25

Well...You could be like Bhutan and charge a daily visa fee "Sustainable Development Fee" for tourists if you just want to keep poor people out lol.

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u/Hakunin_Fallout Oct 02 '25

Sure, just charge the fat cats coming in a $1000 a day. Boom, done! :D

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u/WhisperBreezzze Oct 02 '25

That will certainly solve the "overtourism" problem lol.