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Six sneaky travel fees nobody warns you about

26 August 2025

Japan introduces tourist departure tax

7 January 2019

On Monday Japan introduced a new traveller's departure tax in a bid to boost tourism... read more

Tourists will have to pay to enter Venice

3 January 2019

Venice will be charging day-tourists a basic entry fee in an effort to manage the... read more

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