Sahwa@reddthat.com to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 22 hours agoKyoto hikes tourist tax by 900% to crack down on overtourismwww.usatoday.comexternal-linkmessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up1306arrow-down113
arrow-up1293arrow-down1external-linkKyoto hikes tourist tax by 900% to crack down on overtourismwww.usatoday.comSahwa@reddthat.com to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 22 hours agomessage-square26fedilink
minus-squareLifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down1·17 hours ago10%, that’s a large difference than 900%. This is one of the times I came to the comments to see if the article is worth reading, now I guess I have to to figure out the fuck they meant
minus-squareFalse@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·12 hours agoIt was 1%. 1% to 10% is in fact a 900% increase, it just sounds a lot scarier than it actually is.
minus-squareLifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-212 hours agoYeah, it was definitely a get readers attention scare tactic. 10% tax on hotels is nothing. It’s like saying “We had to raise our taxes to match that of Florida districts due to federal cuts by Trump” Sensationalism, but some may be more true than others
minus-squarefrongt@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·17 hours agoYou could read the article.
minus-square𝔼𝕩𝕦𝕤𝕚𝕒@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·16 hours agoSir/ma’am I’m from reddit, change is hard and scary
minus-squareLifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down4·17 hours agoNo shit, what else would I have meant?
10%, that’s a large difference than 900%. This is one of the times I came to the comments to see if the article is worth reading, now I guess I have to to figure out the fuck they meant
It was 1%. 1% to 10% is in fact a 900% increase, it just sounds a lot scarier than it actually is.
Yeah, it was definitely a get readers attention scare tactic. 10% tax on hotels is nothing.
It’s like saying “We had to raise our taxes to match that of Florida districts due to federal cuts by Trump”
Sensationalism, but some may be more true than others
You could read the article.
Sir/ma’am I’m from reddit, change is hard and scary
No shit, what else would I have meant?