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Dog Owners Face Tourist Tax in Beautiful European Town
Bolzano plans to charge tourists €1.50 daily per dog and local owners €100 annually to fund street cleaning and dog parks amid efforts to reduce dog fouling.
- Authorities in Bolzano, an autonomous Italian province, plan to introduce a tourist tax of 1.31 euros per dog per night starting in 2026.
- The tax follows a failed 2024 DNA-registration policy aimed at identifying owners who did not clean up after their pets, which had low compliance and enforcement issues.
- The proposed draft law by councillor Luis Walcher also requires local dog owners to pay an annual fee of around 100 euros to fund street cleaning and dog parks.
- Animal rights groups like ENPA, led by Carla Rocchi, criticized the tax as unfair and harmful, warning it risks penalizing responsible owners and turning pets into "taxpayers' cash machines."
- The tax proposal faces opposition for potentially discouraging tourism and imposing burdens on families and elderly pet owners, while supporters argue it addresses costs of pet-related public maintenance.
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Part of the revenue from the controversial measure will be used to clean the streets from the dirt of four-legged friends.
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Bozen proposes approving an amount of 1.5 euros per night, which would be used to remove dog feces from the street
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