Mombasa and Kwale hoteliers complain they are forced to pay double tax.
They pay bed levies to the county in addition to Tourism Fund fees to the national government.
The Tourism Levy Order was introduced last year and requires hoteliers to pay two per cent of monthly food and accommodation revenues to the fund.
The Kenya Association of Hotelkeepers and Caterers branch executive director Sam Ikwaye said: “We pay money to the fund and county.”
He spoke to the Star on the phone yesterday.
Ikwaye urged the national and county governments to find ways to help the struggling tourism sector.
“Counties should engage the national government to see how they can benefit from other programmes,” he said.
“We are not refusing to remit levies but we do not want double taxation.”
