Kovdorskiy District will introduce a tourist tax from April 1

Tourist tax is planned to be introduced in Kovdorskiy district of Murmansk region from April 1 this year 2025. The draft decision was published by the local Council of Deputies, reports IA "Beeport" on Tuesday, February 11.

The fee will be paid by organizations and individuals providing services of accommodation of guests in hotels and hostels. The first year the rate will be 1%, but not less than 100 rubles. Further every year it will grow by 1% and in 2029 will reach 5%, but not less than 100 rubles.

The tax will be exempted from payment of the tax for persons registered in the region, close relatives of military personnel killed in the NWO, large families and other categories of citizens.

Kovdor District is considered one of the interesting and mysterious places in the western part of the Kola Peninsula. Several years ago on the territory of Kovdor were discovered fragments of the most ancient civilization, which, according to some historians, can be qualified as Hyperborean.

A number of municipalities in the Murmansk region introduced a tourist tax as early as January 1. These are, in particular, Teriberka, Murmansk and Kirovsk, which are popular with tourists.

Earlier "Izvestia" wrote that the regions will be able to change the rate of tourist tax depending on the season. The right to differentiate the size of the levy is conditioned by climate and socio-economic features of places.