While other cities around Europe can justify such a fee, Dublin doesn’t provide enough value for visitors to make it worthwhile
The latest litter survey showed improvements in Dublin city centre
There’s a conversation to be had about how cities fund themselves, how tourism contributes to that and what a fair ask of visitors might look like. But it’s a conversation that needs honesty, context and a bit of self-awareness – three things that feel somewhat absent from the current enthusiasm for a tourist bed tax in Dublin.
Let’s start with the reality that anyone walking through Dublin already knows: the city is dirty. Not charmingly scruffy, just dirty. Overflowing bins, littered streets, rubbish bags torn open, the contents strewn across footpaths.
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