- Zandvoort fears impact of VAT increase on overnight stays
- Local businesses expected to be hit hard by VAT rise from 9 to 21 percent
- Municipality expresses concerns in a letter to parliament members
- Wethouder Lars Carree urges reversal of VAT increase
- Many residents work in tourism, which supports local amenities
- VAT increase seen as a political decision affecting local economy
- Zandvoort competes with German and Belgian coastal towns with lower VAT
- Higher costs may drive tourists to choose alternatives abroad
- Local businesses already feel pressure from rising costs
- Economic value loss estimated to be double the VAT revenue increase
- Government’s VAT revenue expectations considered overestimated
- Policy seen as having unnecessary local damage
Source: rtl.nl
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