ScottyT87 Posted April 24, 2019 Share Posted April 24, 2019 Hi, I am an HND Travel & Tourism student and for my graded unit I am researching the proposed Edinburgh tourist tax. I would really appreciate if Edinburgh residents or anyone with an interest holidaying in Edinburgh/the proposed tax could take a few minutes to complete my survey. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/5KGZQHV Cheers Scott 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DublinMagyar Posted April 24, 2019 Share Posted April 24, 2019 Hi, I am an HND Travel & Tourism student and for my graded unit I am researching the proposed Edinburgh tourist tax. I would really appreciate if Edinburgh residents or anyone with an interest holidaying in Edinburgh/the proposed tax could take a few minutes to complete my survey.https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/5KGZQHV Cheers ScottDoneGL with the rest of em 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zidane's child Posted April 24, 2019 Share Posted April 24, 2019 1 hour ago, ScottyT87 said: Hi, I am an HND Travel & Tourism student and for my graded unit I am researching the proposed Edinburgh tourist tax. I would really appreciate if Edinburgh residents or anyone with an interest holidaying in Edinburgh/the proposed tax could take a few minutes to complete my survey. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/5KGZQHV Cheers Scott I filled it in too! all the best to you! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonS Posted April 24, 2019 Share Posted April 24, 2019 4 hours ago, ScottyT87 said: Hi, I am an HND Travel & Tourism student and for my graded unit I am researching the proposed Edinburgh tourist tax. I would really appreciate if Edinburgh residents or anyone with an interest holidaying in Edinburgh/the proposed tax could take a few minutes to complete my survey. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/5KGZQHV Cheers Scott Done. I'm sure we've all paid the tourist tax in other cities without thinking twice about it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted April 24, 2019 Share Posted April 24, 2019 (edited) Did it. Hope we do it in the Highlands too, the North 500 route could do with a bit of pot hole fixing, never mind Inverness itself. Don't see why tourists shouldn't pay a small contribution towards the facilities they enjoy at the expense of local Council Tax payers, amongst others. Edited April 24, 2019 by welshbairn 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin_Nevis Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 Done. I totally agree with Welshy's comment as well. As someone who spends a lot of time in the NW highlands, and Skye, there should absolutely be a tourist tax to spend on maintaining facilities in these areas. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonS Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 17 hours ago, welshbairn said: Did it. Hope we do it in the Highlands too, the North 500 route could do with a bit of pot hole fixing, never mind Inverness itself. Don't see why tourists shouldn't pay a small contribution towards the facilities they enjoy at the expense of local Council Tax payers, amongst others. Bit of a public toilet crisis stooshie brewing there, a tourist tax could pay for that. Would probably help to have a wee charge on motorhomes too. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SandyCromarty Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 (edited) For years I have advocated this for the Highlands, unfortunately at Highland Council level there has been no replies to my proposal though Maxine Smith has stated in the media she is all for it, some years back Fergus Ewing replied and said he was in favour but that informal research revealed that the majority of Hoteliers and B & B owners were very much against it as they viewed it as more tax raising by them with no return. In my travels I have paid additional local taxes on my hotel bills in nearly every country I have visited, the worse being in the USA where in some states there has been additional taxes above the normal hotel tax, local hotel tax and then a state sales tax on your bill, plus it will vary from state to state. Another bugbear is that foreign visitors can claim back UK VAT they have paid during the course of their visit at their departure airport, some countries such as Singapore also reimburse VAT to foreign visitors on purchases over a certain amount. America does not refund sales tax to foreign visitors, yet all American visitors claim theirs back on departure from the UK. Edited April 25, 2019 by SandyCromarty 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chapelhall chap Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 Done it and having paid such taxes in my holiday spots I see no barrier to continued visitors 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BawWatchin Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 Can't wait to tax the shit out of those English tourists in a few years time. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SandyCromarty Posted April 27, 2019 Share Posted April 27, 2019 Inverness after Edinburgh is a must visit for most foreign tourists mainly due to the Loch Ness Monstor legend and all hotels are full in the peak months, as reported in the local press some charging exorbitant money, one was charging £420.00 per night last year Many of these stay in chain hotels or shop in the likes of M & S, Debenehams and other nationally owned shops and establishments, obviously this means that all profits from these head south to their owners, admittedly they pay rates and wages to local employees but in the case of hotels they tend to employ a lot of students on minimum wage in the peak months plus we all know that B & B owners take their cash money off to warmer climes in January. So a lodging tourist tax would stay in the area and benefit the local economy. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuro Posted April 27, 2019 Share Posted April 27, 2019 Fully support a Tourist Tax. The lack of public toilets up there is appalling, and this would fund stuff like this. BTW Old Course Hotel charges double that in the summer. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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