The same as the problem with not including the tax in the price up front: it hides the true cost behind a series of computations that most people won't do and a

The same as the problem with not including the tax in the price up front: it hides the true cost behind a series of computations that most people won't do and a tourist certainly cannot do without research. It is essentially a trick to get people to not think about how much money they are spending.