Bari, one of the most beautiful and charming cities in Apulia, has recently approved new regulations for the tourist tax. This tax, which will be levied on all tourists staying in the city, will help finance the development of local tourism and improve services offered to visitors. Under this new regulation, new rates have been established that vary according to the classification of the accommodation facility.

Regulations approved by the Municipality of Bari define how to pay the tourist tax. The tax is calculated per person and per overnight stay and is graduated according to the type of accommodations. The tourist tax is levied up to a maximum of four consecutive nights during the calendar year.

The tax will come into effect from the first day of the second month following the publication made by the Ministry of Economy and Finance, within 15 working days after the date of its inclusion in the fiscal federalism portal.

The regulations also provide for a number of cases and types of exemptions from paying the tourist tax. Residents of the Municipality of Bari, minors under fourteen years of age, bus drivers and tour leaders who provide assistance to groups organized by travel and tourism agencies, sick people and those who assist inpatients admitted to health care facilities, including day hospitals, off-campus university students enrolled at any university based in the Municipality of Bari and those attending master’s or postgraduate specialization schools are exempt from paying the tax, persons with disabilities who are beneficiaries of the accompanying allowance and one of their companions, members of the state, provincial and local Police Forces, as well as the National Fire Department who stay overnight for service needs, those who stay in accommodation facilities as a result of measures adopted by public authorities, volunteers who serve during disasters, personnel employed by the management of the accommodation facility where they work, and visitors traveling for competitive reasons.