Fury as a major UK city to introduce £5 per night tourist tax | UK | News
A large UK city is ready to offer a new tourism tax that asks people to pay five percent of the cost of B&B, Airbnb or hostels. Glasgow, one of the major cities in Scotland, will apply the tax as of January 25, 2027.
The new tax, which is about £ 5 per night, is expected to produce about £ 16 million per year for the city, and visitors are expected to pay an average of £ 4.83. Income will be directed to the development of public services such as street cleaning, animation and raising parks in order to benefit both residents and tourists. The decision was approved by the council members at the City Management Committee last week.
Following the decision, the reform councilor was Thomas Kerr, who spoke against the tax, Scottish sun.
The party was also shot on social media: “Glasgow Municipal Assembly approves the tourism tax – even for the locals!”
“I never believed that a tourism tax is the right policy for Glasgow. This tax is taking risks to damage families, damaging local B&BS, and to deter him tourism that is needed too much. Council Sint, but punishing guests is not an answer.”
Returning to Reform’s comments, MSP Fro Glasgow Paul Sweeney from the Scottish Laboru said: “I only stayed in a hotel in Glasgow once – it was for an evaluation center for the BAE graduate plan. I didn’t pay for it.
“How many Glaswegian stays in a hotel in the city they live in? A completely ridiculous argument.”
For Glasgow Scottish Greens MSP, Patrick Harvie said: “Glasgow is a global city that attracts visitors from all over the world.
“But we’ve seen how extreme tourism can harm communities, as in Venice and Barcelona, where residents pay the price.
“Tourism Tax is vital to offer sustainable tourism where local residents feel the benefit of our tourism and activity sectors.
“I am very pleased that Glasgow continues to benefit from the action from green politics.”
