一般情况下，国家和城市都是鼓励旅游的，前提是来度假的游客和他们的消费能刺激经济增长。
在这个过度旅游的时代，一些热门景点的接待能力已经超负荷，而游客消费又不能达到他们的期望值。
因此，世界各地的景点都陆续开始征收旅游税，试图逼走那些消费少的”低价值”游客。
有人指出，旅游税的实行意味着政府开始意识到，旅游业太兴旺也可能好事变坏事。
那么旅游税是如何逼走”低价值”游客的呢？
阿姆斯特丹在一月初做了一个示范：向每位游客每天征收8欧元（61元人民币）的旅游税。
大约一星期后，两家游轮公司宣布将不再在该港口停靠，二月份又有两家游轮公司做出相同的决定。
尽管这项税的金额不多，不过是几罐啤酒的钱，但足以吓退那些对价格极度敏感的游轮公司。
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 一般 | yī bān | generally / in general |
| 情况 | qíng kuàng | circumstances; state of affairs; situation |
| 下 | xià | down / downwards / below |
| 国家 | guó jiā | country; nation; state |
| 和 | hé | and; together with |
| 城市 | chéng shì | city; town |
| 都 | dōu | all; both; entirely |
| 是 | shì | to be (followed by substantives only) |
| 鼓励 | gǔ lì | to encourage |
| 旅游 | lǚ yóu | trip / journey / tourism / travel / tour |
| 的 | de | emphatic particle (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) |
| 前提 | qián tí | premise / precondition / prerequisite |
| 来 | lái | to come |
| 度假 | dù jià | to go on holidays / to spend one's vacation |
| 游客 | yóu kè | traveler; tourist |
| 他们 | tā men | they; them |
| 消费 | xiāo fèi | to consume (goods and services, resources etc) |
| 能 | néng | can / to be able to / might possibly |
| 刺激 | cì jī | to provoke; to irritate; to upset; to stimulate; to excite |
| 经济 | jīng jì | economy |
| 增长 | zēng zhǎng | to grow; to increase |
| 在 | zài | (of sb or sth) to be (located) at |
| 这 | zhè | this; these |
| 个 | gè | classifier for people or objects in general |
| 过度 | guò dù | excessive / extravagant / intemperate |
| 时代 | shí dài | age / era / epoch / period (in one's life) |
| 一些 | yī xiē | some; a few; a little; (following an adjective) slightly ...er |
| 热门 | rè mén | popular; hot; in vogue |
| 景点 | jǐng diǎn | tourist attraction; scenic spot |
| 接待 | jiē dài | to receive; to entertain; to host (guests, visitors or clients) |
| 能力 | néng lì | capability / ability |
| 已经 | yǐ jīng | already |
| 超 | chāo | to exceed / to overtake / to surpass / to transcend / to pass / to cross |
| 负荷 | fù hè | load / burden / charge |
| 而 | ér | but (not) / yet (not) / (indicates contrast) |
| 又 | yòu | also |
| 不 | bù | no; not so |
| 达到 | dá dào | to reach; to achieve; to attain |
| 期望 | qī wàng | expectation / hope |
| 值 | zhí | value |
| 因此 | yīn cǐ | thus; consequently; as a result |
| 世界 | shì jiè | world |
| 各地 | gè dì | in all parts of (a country) / various regions |
| 陆续 | lù xù | in turn / successively / one after the other / bit by bit |
| 开始 | kāi shǐ | to begin / to start |
| 征收 | zhēng shōu | to levy (a tax) / to expropriate |
| 税 | shuì | taxes / duties |
| 试图 | shì tú | to attempt / to try |
| 逼 | bī | to force (sb to do sth) / to compel / to press for / to extort / to press on towards / to press up to / to close in on |
| 走 | zǒu | to walk / to go / to run / to move (of vehicle) / to visit / to leave / to go away / to die (euph.) / to change (shape, form, meaning) |
| 那些 | nà xiē | those |
| 少 | shǎo | few / less |
| 低 | dī | low |
| 价值 | jià zhí | value; worth / (ethical, cultural etc) values |
| 有人 | yǒu rén | someone / people / anyone |
| 指出 | zhǐ chū | to indicate / to point out |
| 实行 | shí xíng | to implement / to carry out / to put into practice |
| 意味着 | yì wèi zhe | to signify / to mean / to imply |
| 政府 | zhèng fǔ | government |
| 意识 | yì shí | (usu. followed by 到) to be aware of; to realize |
| 到 | dào | to reach; to arrive / to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point) / (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point) |
| 旅游业 | lǚ yóu yè | tourism industry |
| 太 | tài | too (much) / very / extremely |
| 兴旺 | xīng wàng | prosperous / thriving |
| 也 | yě | also; too; as well; (not ...) either |
| 可能 | kě néng | might (happen) / maybe / perhaps |
| 好 | hǎo | good / appropriate; proper |
| 事 | shì | matter / thing / item / affair |
| 变 | biàn | to change / to become different / to transform / to vary |
| 坏 | huài | bad / spoiled / broken |
| 那么 | nà me | then; in that case |
| 如何 | rú hé | how / what way / what |
| 呢 | ne | (sentence-final particle) used in questions to link back to prior discourse or context ("what about...?", "and...?") |
| 阿姆斯特丹 | Ā mǔ sī tè dān | Amsterdam, capital of Netherlands |
| 一 | yī | one / single / a (article) |
| 月 | yuè | month / monthly |
| 初 | chū | (bound form) first; early |
| 做 | zuò | to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc) |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 示范 | shì fàn | demonstration / a model example |
| 向 | xiàng | towards / shortly before / formerly / always / all along |
| 每 | měi | each / every |
| 位 | wèi | classifier for people (honorific) |
| 天 | tiān | day |
| 欧元 | ōu yuán | euro (currency) |
| 元 | yuán | currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan) / era (of a reign) / (geology) eon |
| 人民币 | rén mín bì | Renminbi, the official currency of the PRC (RMB or CNY) |
| 大约 | dà yuē | approximately |
| 星期 | xīng qī | week |
| 后 | hòu | afterwards / after |
| 两 | liǎng | two / both / some / a few |
| 家 | jiā | classifier for families or businesses |
| 游轮 | yóu lún | cruise ship |
| 公司 | gōng sī | company; firm; corporation |
| 宣布 | xuān bù | to declare / to announce / to proclaim |
| 将 | jiāng | will / shall |
| 不再 | bù zài | no more; no longer |
| 该 | gāi | that / the above-mentioned |
| 港口 | gǎng kǒu | port / harbor |
| 停靠 | tíng kào | to call at / to stop at |
| 二 | èr | two / 2 |
| 月份 | yuè fèn | month |
| 有 | yǒu | to have; there is |
| 做出 | zuò chū | to put out / to issue |
| 相同 | xiāng tóng | identical; same |
| 决定 | jué dìng | decision |
| 尽管 | jǐn guǎn | despite / although / even though / in spite of |
| 项 | xiàng | classifier for principles, items, clauses, tasks, research projects etc |
| 金额 | jīn é | sum of money / monetary value |
| 多 | duō | many; much; more; a lot of |
| 不过 | bù guò | only / merely / no more than |
| 几 | jǐ | several / a few |
| 罐 | guàn | can / jar / pot |
| 啤酒 | pí jiǔ | beer (loanword) |
| 钱 | qián | coin / money / unit of weight, one tenth of a tael |
| 但 | dàn | but; yet; however; still |
| 足以 | zú yǐ | sufficient to... / so much so that / so that |
| 吓 | xià | to frighten / to scare |
| 退 | tuì | to retreat; to withdraw / to reject; to return (sth) / to decline |
| 对 | duì | towards; at; for / concerning; regarding |
| 价格 | jià gé | price |
| 极度 | jí dù | extremely |
| 敏感 | mǐn gǎn | sensitive / susceptible |