I just hope this won't backfire and even more car tourists abuse the Scottish outdoor access code.

Tourist tax: Holidays in Scotland could cost extra

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-65707493

#scotland #tourism #TouristTax

"Local people have grown increasingly frustrated with disrespectful or unlawful behaviour by tourists – from foreigners posing naked for social media photos at sacred sites, to bad driving on the roads."

#Indonesia considers #TouristTax to curb bad behaviour in #Bali | #Tourism #TootSEA | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/apr/14/indonesia-considers-tourist-tax-to-curb-bad-behaviour-in-bali

The Guardian view on Manchester’s tourist tax: blazing a trail.

“Manchester has led the way. Others should follow.”

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/apr/10/the-guardian-view-on-manchesters-tourist-tax-blazing-a-trail

#Manchester #TouristTax

📍 Major UK city introduces ‘tourist tax’ as Wales plans visitor charge

The tourist tax follows similar moves in European hotspots including Venice, Barcelona and Rome

#UK #News #Manchester #Tourism #Tax #TouristTax

https://www.nationalworld.com/money/manchester-tourist-tax-uk-wales-extra-charge-visitors-4086006

If you wander round #London, you start to question whether the #CostofLiving crisis actually exists. Queues outside the Ugg shop, queues outside bespoke trainer shops, huge queues for coffee vans!!! Hugely busy. Very easy to be trapped in a London bubble when it comes to prosperity. One assumes #tourists are hugely enjoying our weak pound. Time for a #TouristTax to fill the #blackhole of government finances? Most other European countries have one... https://open.spotify.com/episode/4VndLA6xOJ6Sn6Acj8EPbc