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Legislation to introduce visitor levy for overnight stays published at Holyrood

Cash raised from a new levy on overnight stays in hotels and other forms of accommodation could be used to help attract more visitors to Scotland, the public finance minister has said. Tom Arthur said while Scotland is already a very popular tourist ...

25 May 2023 at 10:56

Scotland

Edinburgh council approves plans for visitor levy to raise millions

The City of Edinburgh Council has voted to introduce a charge for visitors in a move expected to raise tens of millions of pounds each year. The Scottish capital will become the first city in the UK to charge a transient visitor levy similar to ...

22 Aug 2024 at 16:28

Scotland

MSPs to vote on Bill which could bring in visitor levies in Scotland

Plans to give local authorities new powers to charge a levy on overnight stays are to be voted on at Holyrood. MSPs will debate and vote on the general principles of legislation empowering councils to introduce a visitor levy. If passed by the ...

16 Jan 2024 at 00:01

Scotland

Edinburgh councillors poised to approve visitor levy to generate £50m a year

Councillors in Edinburgh say they could be the first in Scotland to agree a visitor levy – with the charge expected to bring in up to £50 million a year for the authority. City of Edinburgh Council leader Jane Meagher said the cash raised ...

08 Jan 2025 at 16:35

Scotland

MSPs warned of ‘extremely negative impacts’ of planned new visitor levy

A planned new visitor levy in Scotland could worsen problems with campervans and wild camping in rural communities, MSPs have been warned. While campers and motorhomes staying on campsites would have to pay the proposed charge, those who ...

24 Oct 2023 at 13:12

Scotland

Visitor levy should be ‘game-changing investment’ in tourism industry, MSPs told

Cash-strapped councils must not use money raised from a proposed levy on overnight stays to make up for budget cuts, tourism leaders have said, insisting the charge cannot become a “toilet tax or a trash tax”. With suggestions that the ...

07 Nov 2023 at 13:44

Scotland

Proposed new visitor levy ‘can be a good thing’, MSPs told

Introducing a new levy on overnight stays for visitors could be a “good thing” if it is “done in the right way”, a senior official from the City of Edinburgh Council has said. Paul Lawrence, executive director of place for the ...

31 Oct 2023 at 12:58

Scotland

Greens want Glasgow to be first council in Scotland to introduce visitor levy

Greens in Glasgow hope the city will be the first in Scotland to introduce a new levy on overnight stays. Scottish Green co-leader and Glasgow MSP Patrick Harvie said such a charge would help ensure that “tourists are able to ...

27 Jun 2024 at 16:57

Overnight visitors to Wales could pay ‘tourism tax’ under Welsh Government plans

Visitors could be required to pay a tourism tax when staying overnight in Wales. The Welsh Government is introducing legislation to give councils the power to apply a visitor levy to accommodation bills. Anyone staying in a ...

25 Nov 2024 at 15:16

Scotland

MSPs extend deadline for submissions on proposed new visitor levy

Businesses are being given more time to respond to a Holyrood committee as it prepares to probe plans to allow councils to charge a fee on overnight stays. The Scottish Government has put forward legislation which, if ...

05 Jul 2023 at 15:47

Scotland

Holyrood backs Bill that could introduce UK’s ‘first true visitor levy’

Scotland could have the “first true visitor levy” in the UK, MSPs have been told, as Holyrood passed legislation that will give local councils the power to introduce such a charge. Employment and investment minister ...

28 May 2024 at 18:56

Government says proposed tourism tax will not impact number of visitors to Wales

The UK Government has insisted that a proposed tourism tax in Wales will not affect the number of people going on holiday to the country. Welsh Secretary Jo Stevens said cities in the UK and abroad had a similar ...

11 Dec 2024 at 15:34

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