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title: "Tourist Tax | Harlaksh Singh"
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# Tourist Tax

3 Dec 2021 · Thoughts

It’s like visiting a new city in a new country. You don’t speak the language, don’t know the cultural norms, don’t know what everything costs & there he is..

..standing with a friendly gaze.. waiting for you to ask him for a ride to the nearest city tourist attraction..and before you know it..

you’ve paid a flight ticket’s worth of a 3-minute ride from your hotel to the place that was at best a 3/10.

That my friends, is the tourist tax.

And it’s true for anything new you start.

You will have to pay the tourist tax.

The first six months of a new venture in a new industry = tourist tax

Hiring for the first time = tourist tax

Raising funds for the first time = tourist tax

There’s no escaping the tourist tax.

Source: https://www.harlakshsingh.com/blog/tourist-tax/