Tag: tourist tax

Following in Edinburgh’s footsteps: Aberdeen City Council agrees to public consultation on visitor levy  

ABERDEEN City Council has agreed to a public consultation on a visitor levy in the city, similar to the one approved in Edinburgh just...

Bonaly Scout Centre exempt from visitor levy after fears that the tax would deter young people from visiting 

THE City of Edinburgh Council has confirmed that Bonaly Scout Centre will be exempt from the visitor levy placed on overnight stays in the...

Tourist tax is approved for Edinburgh following second city council meeting  

A TOURIST tax is due to be introduced in Edinburgh with a City of Edinburgh Council meeting approving the measure.   The tourist tax was voted...

City of Edinburgh Council holds first of two meetings on tourist tax – with councillors voting in favour 

THE City of Edinburgh Council today held the first of two meetings that will see a proposed tourist tax introduced in the capital.   Councillors predicted...

Edinburgh set to introduce tourist tax with move the first of its kind in Scotland 

THE City of Edinburgh Council has announced plans to declare a visitor levy on the city, which will be the very first in Scotland.  The...

Federation of Small Businesses states that using revenue from Edinburgh’s tourist tax on housing cannot be “justified” 

THE FEDERATION of Small Businesses (FSB) has responded to a consultation on Edinburgh’s visitor levy, saying that spending it on housing cannot be “justified”.  They...

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