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The Development Bank offers various funds for businesses in the tourism industry, including the dedicated Wales Tourism ...
A visitor levy in Wales could “transform” the country’s tourism sector but only if best practice guidelines are followed, academics have warned. Revenues should be used both to support ...
Dan yr Ogof, a 17km (10 mile) cave system in Swansea which attracts tens of thousands of visitors each year, hopes to apply ...
The proposed tourism tax in Wales is hugely divisive. For some, it's a way of ensuring local communities benefit from tourism, for others it is another example of the Welsh Government overreaching.
Introducing a tourism tax in Wales would be a "very risky economic move" which could jeopardise jobs and businesses, the UK's largest holiday let provider has claimed. Charging people extra for ...
Readers of North Wales Live have been voicing their opinions on the suggested tourist tax in Wales, with views decidedly split. Although the proposed tax is anticipated to raise £33 million for ...
The Welsh Government is proposing the new tax, which would see those staying overnight in Wales paying £1.30 plus VAT per night for hotels, B&Bs and self-catering accommodation. For hostels and ...
The staggering cost of launching and running a visitor levy in Wales have been revealed as ministers fine-tune the controversial policy. In its first 10 years of operation, the le ...
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Tourist attractions in Wales could claim up to £20,000 of grant funding from the Welsh government to invest in "weather-proofing". The government said the scheme would help small or medium-sized ...
Variation in the figures is because it will be up to each of Wales’ 22 local authorities to decide whether to roll out the levy, which has been dubbed a “tourist tax”. It raises the prospect of a ...