‘This is not Edinburgh’: South Ayrshire council set to abandon plans for visitor levy after pushback

Thousands of tourists visit South Ayrshire every year, attracted to gold courses such as the Trump-owned Turnberry course - (Getty/iStock)

A local Scottish council is set to abandon its plans to introduce a tourist tax despite other towns and cities jumping at the chance to put a levy on visitors.

South Ayrshire Council, covering an area of western Scotland under Glasgow, is likely to drop plans to introduce a visitor levy after negative feedback at a public consultation.