Sir Sadiq Khan and other civic chiefs are set to soon be given the authority to impose an overnight charge on visitors
tourism
Inner London boroughs will generate the bulk of the revenue under a 3% levy on nightly room charges and are keen to keep the cash raised in their areas
Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced in last week's budget that metro mayors would be able to charge visitors for overnight stays in a move long demanded by the...
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Similar charges for overnight visitors already exist in Paris, Berlin and Amsterdam
Many major European cities impose a levy on hotel guests and Manchester and Liverpool have also recently introduced a type of tourist tax in recent years
Recent study by Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR) found the “tourist tax” is costing the UK £10.7bn in lost GDP
Tourist numbers are now surpassing those seen in the year before the pandemic
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