A bill to introduce tourist tax in Wales has moved one step closer but some worry it could put visitors off and runs the risk of job loss.

“A tourism tax will risk jobs at a time when businesses are being clobbered by Labour, it will impose red tape", he said, adding: “Our tourism industry should be nurtured by the Welsh government, not hamstrung by new taxes.”

The Welsh Government is going ahead with its plans for a tourism tax in Wales. It will also create a national register of all people providing visitor accommodation in Wales. The proposal for a tourism tax has been hugely controversial with tourism bosses fearing it will put visitors off.

Plans for a ‘tourism tax’ in Wales will be introduced in the Senedd later this month. The new bill proposes giving local authorities the power to introduce a visitor levy, which will be a small charge paid by people staying overnight in visitor accommodation.

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Welsh Government has today announced when it will introduce a tourism tax proposal to the Senedd. The Government also confirmed it would bring forward a statutory licensing scheme for all tourism accommodation in Wales.