Hotels in Russia's St. Petersburg starts charging resort fees

ST. PETERSBURG, April 1 (Xinhua) -- St. Petersburg, Russia's second largest city, started collecting resort fees from domestic and foreign tourists on Monday.

According to information provided by the city government, adult guests staying in hotels, sanatoriums and other accommodation facilities for more than 24 hours have to pay a resort fee of 100 rubles (about 1.1 U.S. dollars) per day.

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