Edinburgh Tourist Tax

TW, I do have sympathy with you as we, living here in North Wales, have been charged extra on our water bills specifically for tourists! However I wonder how the local economy would look without any tourists but agree that there special areas that need extra income to cope, such as Venice that I mentioned earlier as well as the SW. In addition quite a bit of the footfall is from day trippers so how do you charge them as they are impacting the environment just as much as stayers.

A tough one.

As a member of a touring organisation I find it strange that our management seem reticent in extolling the spending power of this club on local communities. Maybe we would have a better press if locals could see how much of a benefit having a site nearby is. Then again maybe that might be best discussed on a separate thread.

As at Breakspear way the local council was happy as i suspect were most locals, unless it was next door to them 

A lot of of craft fairs and such, charge an entry fee,on top of the money the stall holders have already paid to be there 

At least you don't have to go in. A few years ago we had a Christmas craft fair locally. Well supported by the public. The following year there was a £1.00 per person, including children, entrance fee. It was poorly attended. My brother ran one of the stalls and his takings were vastly different.

But then they are not also in receipt of funding from my taxes via central government. District Councils are JVB .... I already contributed

Don’t forget caravan and MH shows charging an arm and leg to let you in so you can spend mega bucks on an overhyped leaky new LV. I’ve always thought that was a cheek.

However, that's rather different from a tourist tax designed to recoup costs incurred by a location where services are stretched by the arrival of tourists. 

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As a UK citizen I paid already. 

I was replying to the post about shops charging for entry

Is Edinburgh any more crowded than places like London? We are paying enough to visit these places and boost their economies. Thumbs down to Edinburgh.