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How Japan’s tax-free shopping rules are changing for foreign visitors this yearJapan is overhauling its tax-free shopping for foreign visitors, with new rules starting November 2026. The system will shift to a refund-b...
This Japanese airline is giving free domestic flights to travellers this winterJapan is offering free domestic flights this winter to UK and European travelers arriving from abroad. This initiative allows international...
These international destinations are about to get costlier for touristsTravellers heading abroad in 2026 face new tourist taxes. Countries like Thailand, Japan, Norway, Greece, Italy, and Spain are implementing...
Japan to raise visa and departure fees for foreign touristsJapan is set to increase multiple fees for international travelers, including the departure tax, visa, and pre-entry screening charges, aim...
Kyoto to introduce Japan’s highest-ever hotel tax from March 2026Kyoto will implement Japan's highest hotel tax in March 2026, with luxury stays potentially costing an additional 10,000 yen per night. Thi...
10 of the many countries across the world where tourists must pay taxes
Japan has 100 billion reasons to welcome more visitorsJapan's booming tourism, projected to reach 60 million visitors by 2025, brings economic benefits but also public inconvenience. The rapid ...
Cherry Blossom Festival 2024: CM Conrad K Sangma shares the blueprint for Meghalaya’s music and tourism economyConnectivity, infrastructure, a greater number of hotels and increased room capacity, human resource development, and world-class festivals...
Japan: 'Tax' chosen as word of the year as people grapple with rising cost of livingThe 'kanji' -- the character -- for tax topped an annual poll of more than 1,47,000 respondents by the Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundat...
Trip to Japan becomes more expensive: Know Japan Rail ticket price & Itsukushima shrine feeJapan Rail has increased the cost of its passes and tickets. Besides, for the first time in history, a fee has been imposed on visiting the...
Apple Japan hit with $98 million in back taxes: reportAccording to Nikkei, bulk purchases of iPhones by foreign shoppers were discovered at some Apple stores with at least one transaction invol...
How to apply for a Japan Tourist Visa? Here’s a short guideIf you are planning to visit Japan, here’s what you need to apply for your Tourist Visa.
GST refund to foreign tourists at airports on the cardsThe revenue department is working out a mechanism to refund taxes paid by them on local purchases. A provision has been made in the GST law...
Bullet train project should complete by 2023: Japanese ConsulNoda, Consul General, Consulate of Japan in Mumbai, said both Japan and India were global and strategic partners and this relationship has ...
Hotel Industry warns tourism will suffer at 18% GST on roomsIn the recently concluded meet on GST, the government has declared a four tier structure of 5, 12, 18 and 28 per cent of which the service ...
4 lakh Chinese tourists spent $830 million in Japan from Oct 1-7Four lakh Chinese tourists visited that country and spent about US$ 830 million in shopping during the National Day holiday week.
- Visa-on-arrival likely in Delhi, Mumbai by 2009
the Centre may allow visa-on-arrival facility in the upgraded and modernised Delhi and Mumbai airports by 2009.