It follows the approval of a 5% tourist tax on overnight accommodation in Edinburgh, which will be applied from July 2026. Tourists spent almost £340m in Fife in 2023, according to VisitScotland, with ...

Liverpool has become the latest UK city to introduce a tourist tax, in a move leaders have hailed as a positive innovation amid squeezes to traditional funding streams ...

The Edinburgh Festival Fringe is aiming to secure a £1.1 million share of money raised from the city’s new tourist tax. Councillors are expected to be asked to help artists and performers meet ...

When it comes to the latest UK cities considering a tourist tax for overnight visitors, London and Liverpool seem likely ...

Introducing a tourism tax in Wales would be a "very risky economic move" which could jeopardise jobs and businesses, the UK's ...

FSB Scotland has pointed to an impact assessment commissioned by the Welsh Government, which found a visitor levy could ...

Protesters marched nearly three miles to Edinburgh City Chambers to illustrate the length of the queue for housing in the ...

In April 2023, Manchester became the first city in the UK to introduce a tourist tax. The City Visitor Charge - a £1 per room, per night fee - raised about £2.8m in its first year. Edinburgh ...

Plans to charge visitors to the North East with a new tourist tax could be edging closer to reality ... Manchester imposed a £1-per-night fee in 2023, while Edinburgh is set to introduce a new 5% levy ...