Sahwa@reddthat.com to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 19 hours agoKyoto hikes tourist tax by 900% to crack down on overtourismwww.usatoday.comexternal-linkmessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up1296arrow-down113
arrow-up1283arrow-down1external-linkKyoto hikes tourist tax by 900% to crack down on overtourismwww.usatoday.comSahwa@reddthat.com to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 19 hours agomessage-square26fedilink
minus-squareFalse@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·10 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-up6·edit-29 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
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