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STOP LABOUR AND PLAID’S TOURISM TAX

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The Labour Government and Plaid Cymru want to deliver a hammer blow to our vital tourism sector with a tourism tax for Wales. Just when the industry is building back from the pandemic, it needs our support not to be punished. Thousands of jobs are at risk if we don’t stop Labour and Plaid’s tax on tourism.

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STOP LABOUR AND PLAID’S TOURISM TAX

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Thousands of jobs are at risk if we don’t stop Labour and Plaid’s tax on tourism. Do you agree we should stop its introduction?

The Labour Government and Plaid Cymru want to deliver a hammer blow to our vital tourism sector with a tourism tax for Wales. Just when the industry is building back from the pandemic, it needs our support not to be punished. Thousands of jobs are at risk if we don’t stop Labour and Plaid’s tax on tourism. 

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Labour’s Tourism Tax is an “assault on rural Wales”

Thursday, 21 July, 2022

As the Royal Welsh Agricultural Show returns to Llanelwedd in Powys, tourist industry representatives have united with the Welsh Conservatives to draw focus to the Labour Government’s tourism policies which will have a huge impact on people in rural and farming areas.

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Welsh Conservatives move to annul damaging tourism regulations

Wednesday, 6 July, 2022

New rules that threaten the viability of tourism businesses across Wales will today face a challenge from the Welsh Conservatives.

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Welsh Conservatives comment on WTA Tourism Tax warning

Tuesday, 24 May, 2022

The Wales Tourism Alliance has warned a tourism tax would “turn people away from Wales” and that businesses were “not looking forward to the idea”.

Reacting, Welsh Conservative Shadow Minister for Culture, Tourism and Sport, Tom Giffard MS, said:

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Welsh Conservative comment on Wales Tourism Week

Monday, 16 May, 2022

Welsh Conservative Shadow Minister for Culture, Tourism and Sport, Tom Giffard MS, said:

“Wales Tourism Week is a great way to celebrate everything our country has to offer, with outstanding historical attractions and areas of natural beauty for visitors to enjoy.

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Labour must scrap ‘double whammy’ tourism tax plans, Welsh Conservatives urge ahead of Senedd debate

Tuesday, 26 April, 2022

Labour’s plans to introduce an economically damaging tourism tax, which would cost jobs in Wales, must be abandoned for the sake of the country’s tourism industry, the Welsh Conservatives have warned.

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Welsh Conservatives respond to tourism industry’s plea for self-catering tax rethink

Monday, 25 April, 2022

Commenting on news that Wales’ tourism industry has called on the Labour Government to rethink its self-catering taxation plans, Welsh Conservative Shadow Minister for Culture, Tourism and Sport, Tom Giffard MS, said:

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Fresh concerns raised over Labour’s economically-illiterate tourism tax plans

Friday, 18 March, 2022

Fresh concerns over Labour’s economically-illiterate tourism tax plans have been raised by the Welsh Conservatives.

The party strongly opposes the mooted tax amid fears it will punish hardworking rural communities and be disastrous for the country’s tourism industry.

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Fresh calls for tourism tax plans to be scrapped

Thursday, 10 February, 2022

Welsh Conservatives are urging Labour ministers and their coalition pals in Plaid Cymru to drop controversial plans to introduce a tourism tax in Wales.

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Welsh Conservative response to BBC Wales report on potential tourism tax in Wales

Saturday, 19 June, 2021

Responding to a BBC Wales report on the potential of a tourism tax in Wales, Welsh Conservative shadow tourism minister, Tom Giffard MS said:

 

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Tourism Tax would damage Welsh economic prospects, warns expert

Thursday, 18 January, 2018

A tourism expert has warned that Labour proposals for a tourism tax would seriously harm Welsh businesses.

In a report commissioned by the Wales Tourism Alliance, Professor Annette Pritchard warns that a tourism tax will “damage (Wales’) economic performance, brand and prospects”.

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