ATHENS (Reuters) – The Greek parliament on Wednesday accepted a invoice growing a each day tax on short-term rental and lodge lodging and charging cruise ship guests a levy to deal with the influence of pure disasters on its economic system.

On account of local weather change, Greece is dealing with an elevated variety of excessive climate occasions, resembling floods, droughts and forest-fires, which pressure its public funds. Tourism is the primary driver of its economic system, which emerged from a debt disaster in 2018.

From 2025, the each day tax on short-term leases within the April-October interval – the nation’s predominant tourism season – will rise to eight euros ($8.41) from 1.5 euros, the invoice says.

Throughout the winter months, the tax will rise to 2 euros from 0.5 euros at present.

“We goal to gather 400 million euros yearly, virtually double the quantity we bought final yr,” a senior finance ministry official advised Reuters.

The invoice raises a each day tax on lodge lodging by as much as 15 euros in the summertime months, relying on the lodge’s star score. It additionally imposes a 20-euro levy on cruise ship arrivals to the favored islands of Santorini and Mykonos and a five-euro levy to different locations.

In 2023, the federal government submitted a 600-million-euro supplementary price range to compensate households and companies and to revive injury brought on by lethal storm Daniel on rail and street infrastructure.

($1 = 0.9517 euros)