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Local tax revenue generated by tourism
Tourism related local tax revenue
Debrecen
Comments
Debrecen
The tourism related tax revenue of city
700 000
government started to increase from the
600 000
second year of the new aqua park operation
500 000
due to the indirect investment multiplier effect
400 000
Idegenforgalmi váll. Iparűzési adója (000) (e.g.: hotel investments). The graph shows that
Idegenforgami adó utáni állami támogatás ('000)
300 000
Idegenforgalmi adó (000)
the tourism enterprises pay a significant
200 000
amount of local operational tax.
100 000
0
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Szentgotthárd
18 000
16 000
14 000
12 000
10 000
8 000
6 000
4 000
2 000
Tiszafüred
0
40 000
35 000
30 000
25 000
20 000
15 000
10 000
5 000
0
Szentgotthárd
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Tiszafüred
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Ideg enforga lm i v áll. Iparűz és i adója (000 )
Ideg enforga mi a dó u táni állam i támogatá s
(' 000)
Ideg enforga lm i adó (000)
Ideg enforga lm i v áll. Iparűz és i adója (000 )
Ideg enforga mi a dó u táni állam i támogatá s
(' 000)
Ideg enforga lm i adó (000)
Tourism related tax data are available from
2006. The graph shows a dynamic growth of
local tourism tax revenue and government
subsidy based on the actual tourist nights in
the city’s accommodation.
Hotel Tisza Balneum has influenced the
city’s tourism tax revenue significantly,
resulted by the increased tourist nights and
by the government subsidy based on the
actual tourist nights.
Conclusion: The tourism indicators show that the examined health tourism developments have
increased the volume and the level of tourism infrastructure, they have influenced the growth
of tourism demand, and resulted significant surplus tax revenue for the city government.
Summary
• The studies found that the investment multiplier largely depends on the type of
development (attraction, aqua park, accommodation, etc). Other factors include the
ratio of financial support and private capital, the tourism potential of the region and
the macro economic environment and general tourism trends. Spa/aqua park health
tourism development investments have an investment multiplier of 2,4-2.7. In the case
of accommodation developments the investment multiplier was found to be 0,37 in a
time of economic crisis.