Highland Council to consult on visitor levy by backupJM Tags:ScotlandUnited Kingdom 4 comments >The Highlands get more than six million visitors a year – including day trippers, overseas tourists and cruise passengers. >It comes after MSPs approved a plan in May to introduce a visitor levy across Scotland. >This allows local councils to add a charge to overnight accommodation such as hotels, B&Bs and holiday lets. >Money raised from the levy would go towards improving infrastructure such as roads. >Highland Council plans to start its three-month consultation later this year. seems a no brainer – almost everywhere has this now (in Europe anyway) a small fee is not going to put off tourists. Follow the Barcelona residents’ ‘solution’ and issue the locals with soaker guns! Might work. 🙂 It’s high time. Leave a ReplyYou must be logged in to post a comment.
>The Highlands get more than six million visitors a year – including day trippers, overseas tourists and cruise passengers. >It comes after MSPs approved a plan in May to introduce a visitor levy across Scotland. >This allows local councils to add a charge to overnight accommodation such as hotels, B&Bs and holiday lets. >Money raised from the levy would go towards improving infrastructure such as roads. >Highland Council plans to start its three-month consultation later this year.
seems a no brainer – almost everywhere has this now (in Europe anyway) a small fee is not going to put off tourists.
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>The Highlands get more than six million visitors a year – including day trippers, overseas tourists and cruise passengers.
>It comes after MSPs approved a plan in May to introduce a visitor levy across Scotland.
>This allows local councils to add a charge to overnight accommodation such as hotels, B&Bs and holiday lets.
>Money raised from the levy would go towards improving infrastructure such as roads.
>Highland Council plans to start its three-month consultation later this year.
seems a no brainer – almost everywhere has this now (in Europe anyway) a small fee is not going to put off tourists.
Follow the Barcelona residents’ ‘solution’ and issue the locals with soaker guns! Might work. 🙂
It’s high time.