The increase in booking fees for the VillaGaiety will come into effect on Friday.
Fees will be moved external of the ticket price and increased from 2% inclusive to 5% exclusive.
The newly set 5% booking fee will still cover the 2% ticketing costs, with the government saying the additional 3% will be ring-fenced to create the VillaGaiety Development Fund to be invested back into the venues on a rolling basis, in essence taxing visitors for the venues twice.
The VillaGaiety said: “Our aim is to continually improve VillaGaiety as a place where our Island community can engage with live performance and access creativity throughout their lifetime.
“We are committed to ensuring the venue’s legacy is preserved and to achieve this, we need to fund improvements that customers can see and feel when visiting the venues.”
It said it will produce an annual report which outlines how and what the funds have been used for and what future project plans are in motion.
The charge won’t apply to Dragon’s Castle or the Broadway Cinema.
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