The owner of a top Welsh visitor attraction has branded the idea of a tourism tax in Wales as “unfathomable” and says "anti-English" sentiments risk affecting the holidays sector. In February, the Welsh Government announced a tourist tax consultation will be launched this autumn when full details will be released.
If implemented, councils can choose whether to introduce a visitor levy. The fee would be paid by anyone staying in a hotel, self-catered apartment or campsite overnight.
Ashford Price has been at the helm of the National Showcaves Centre for Wales at Dan yr Ogof, near Ystradgynlais in the Swansea Valley, for nearly 50 years and has been speaking out in his role as membership secretary of the Welsh Association of Visitor Attractions.
