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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Henry Saker-Clark

Tourist tax plans will be ‘hugely damaging’, warn holiday firms

Businesses have said the move would directly hit holidaymakers (Alamy/PA) -

Plans to give England’s mayors the power to impose tourist taxes will be “hugely damaging” and a “kick in the teeth” for the hospitality industry, hotel and tourism firms have warned.

Premier Inn owner Whitbread and Butlin’s are among major businesses to criticise the plans and have urged the Labour Government to rethink the policy.

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