Sunshine @lemmy.ca to British Columbia@lemmy.caEnglish · 2 months agoWhy BC Should Make Public Transit Freethetyee.caexternal-linkmessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up143arrow-down13
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minus-squareBlameThePeacock@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down4·2 months agoThey do pay taxes in the province though… Hotel taxes, sales taxes, income taxes on the wages of the people providing services to tourist, etc. Tourism is one of the easiest injections of money possible into a local economy A couple visiting for a week can easily spend $2,000+ on lodging, food, and activities.
minus-squarecorsicanguppy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months ago can easily spend $2,000 Do you always do math based on ‘could’? What’s the tax rate on “we could win the lottery”?
minus-squareBlameThePeacock@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoI mean, there is actual data on this… it’s easy enough to google. 28.2 Billion spent by 22.1 million international tourists in 2019 is $1276 per tourist for each trip. https://www.latmultilingual.com/blog/who-are-canadas-tourists-an-overview-of-the-top-tourism-markets-for-canada/
They do pay taxes in the province though…
Hotel taxes, sales taxes, income taxes on the wages of the people providing services to tourist, etc.
Tourism is one of the easiest injections of money possible into a local economy
A couple visiting for a week can easily spend $2,000+ on lodging, food, and activities.
Do you always do math based on ‘could’? What’s the tax rate on “we could win the lottery”?
I mean, there is actual data on this… it’s easy enough to google.
28.2 Billion spent by 22.1 million international tourists in 2019 is $1276 per tourist for each trip. https://www.latmultilingual.com/blog/who-are-canadas-tourists-an-overview-of-the-top-tourism-markets-for-canada/