BBC<\/a>, Ben Spier of Sykes Holiday Cottages said it would be “very risky economic move”.<\/p>\nThe Welsh Government is proposing the new tax, which would see those staying overnight in Wales paying \u00a31.30 plus VAT per night for hotels, B&Bs and self-catering accommodation. For hostels and campsites there would be a charge of 80p plus VAT.<\/p>\n
Ben said the proposal would mean “taxing something you really want to encourage”.<\/p>\n
He added: “I don’t think a tourism levy necessarily says to visitors, ‘you’re not welcome’. But I think it’s just pure economics. I just think it’s a very risky economic move.<\/p>\n
“There is a risk of just making Wales that bit less competitive.<\/p>\n
“We’ve seen the largest theme park in Wales close in the last few weeks because of increasing costs… is this really what you want to be putting a tax on?”<\/p>\n
If it is passed by the Senedd, the tax could come into effect from 2027.<\/p>\n
The tax could raise up to \u00a333 million a year, which would be sued to support and improve tourism in local areas.<\/p>\n
Councils would choose whether to charge the fee or not.<\/p>\n
The Welsh Government said it believed “it is fair that everyone contributes towards the services they use”.<\/p>\n
According to Wales Online, the levy would sometimes not be payable. These include when the stay is longer than 31 days or at an individual\u2019s sole or main residence.<\/p>\n
It will also not be payable when the stay is for emergency or temporary housing arranged by the local authority.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The tax could be introduced in 2027 if passedWelsh Flag(Image: WalesOnline\/Rob Browne) A travel expert has issued a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":33939,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5010],"tags":[748,4884,183,16,15,1764],"class_list":{"0":"post-33938","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wales","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-great-britain","10":"tag-travel","11":"tag-uk","12":"tag-united-kingdom","13":"tag-wales"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114366799127596224","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33938","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33938"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33938\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33939"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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Welsh Flag(Image: WalesOnline\/Rob Browne)<\/p>\n