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The levy will see people charged £1.30 each, plus VAT, for stays in hotels, bed and breakfasts and self-catering ...
The Senedd passed plans for a £1.30-a-night tourism tax in parts of Wales from 2027. Senedd members voted 37-13 for the ...
Mid Wales tourism industry leaders have voiced concerns that the Welsh Government is pressing ahead with a proposed tourism ...
The British Holiday & Home Parks Association says it is gravely disappointed by the decision of the Senedd this week to ...
The tourism industry in Wales says it is disappointed after plans to introduce a £1.30 a night visitor levy in Wales were ...
Wales’s tourism woes. Others fear the negative impact on a tourism industry that employs 159,000 people in Wales – nearly 12 per cent of the country’s total workforce.
Welsh Government says the Visitor Levy will support investment in the sector but the industry has warned about impact ...
Mid Wales tourism industry leaders are worried that the Welsh Government is pressing ahead with a proposed tourism tax before ...
Rowland Rees-Evans, chair of the organisation, made the comments after Members of the Senedd voted 37 to 13 in favour of ...
The new legislation will give local councils in Wales the power to charge people up to £1.30 per person, per night, for overnight stays in ...
"Even Welsh people who live in Wales will be clobbered by this tourism tax," he said. "It's quite high, there's no reduction for children. For a family that will add roughly £35, £40 a week.
‘I’m not worried by a tourism tax - Wales’ holiday sector will have gone under by then' Attraction owners and industry leaders describe a sector in financial and mental health meltdown.