Skip to main content
Site logo

Main navigation

  • News
  • Campaigns
  • Who We Are
  • Get Involved
  • Contact
  • Conference 2023
Site logo

Tourism tax ‘a turn off to Wales’ – Bluestone Boss

  • Tweet
Friday, 26 May, 2023
  • Senedd News
Tom Giffard

Commenting on the news that the chief executive of Bluestone National Park Resort, William McNamara, agrees with the Welsh Conservatives that a tourism tax could harm businesses, Welsh Conservative Shadow Tourism Minister, Tom Giffard MS said:

“We know from case studies the world over, from Amsterdam to Venice, that tourism taxes are designed to reduce the number of visitors. In Wales, 1-in-7 jobs rely on the industry and Labour’s punitive levy will no doubt put thousands of livelihoods at risk.

“McNamara is absolutely right when he makes the comparison with England. A tourism tax will put us at a direct competitive disadvantage with our neighbours and that’s not just me saying that, the Labour Government’s own research admits this.

“There has to be a reason why visitors would want to pay an additional charge in Wales and given that there are no guarantees of that money being spent on improving the tourism offer here, the inept Labour Government’s policy will certainly harm, not help, this vital sector.”

You may also be interested in

Laura Anne Jones

Headteachers in fresh strike threat over school funding and pay in Wales

Friday, 26 May, 2023

Members of the NAHT are being re-balloted for industrial action as union warns pay deal agreed to end teachers' strike has not been funded as promised.

Commenting on the news, Welsh Conservative Shadow Minister for Education, Laura Anne Jones, MS said:

Show only

  • Articles
  • Assembly News
  • Local News
  • Opinions
  • Reports
  • Senedd News
  • Speeches
  • Westminster News

Donate

We need to build a strong voice for local Conservatives and we can only do that with your help.

Any donation will make a difference.

accepted-payment-cards

The Welsh Conservative Party

Footer

  • About RSS
  • Accessibility
  • Cookies
  • Privacy
Welsh Conservatives
  • facebook
  • twitter
Promoted by the Welsh Conservatives, all at Pro-Copy Business Centre, Parc Ty Glas, Cardiff CF14 5DU.
Copyright 2023 The Welsh Conservative Party . All rights reserved.
Powered by Bluetree