And with no income tax, the local government has to rely on import duties to balance the books. Prices are so high that tourists are sometimes taken aback.
而除了黑珍珠和一些手工藝品外，大溪地沒有太多可以賺「外匯」的產品，生活物資都靠進口，居民且不必繳所得稅，地方政府的財源除依賴法國外，就是靠抽進口貨物稅，物價因此高得令觀光客怯步。