{"id":48451,"date":"2025-02-07T11:31:29","date_gmt":"2025-02-07T11:31:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/aberdeen-city-council-to-consider-7-tourist-tax\/"},"modified":"2025-02-07T11:31:31","modified_gmt":"2025-02-07T11:31:31","slug":"aberdeen-city-council-to-consider-7-tourist-tax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/aberdeen-city-council-to-consider-7-tourist-tax\/","title":{"rendered":"Aberdeen City Council to consider 7% ‘tourist tax’"},"content":{"rendered":"


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The earliest levy for visitors to Aberdeen would be 2027<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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Plans for a proposed 7% “tourist tax” in Aberdeen will be considered by councillors next week.<\/p>\n

The visitor levy allows councils in Scotland to charge a fee or tax for overnight stays in hotels, bed and breakfasts, and other types of accommodation.<\/p>\n

A 5% levy was agreed by councillors in Edinburgh<\/a> last month, and Glasgow has just begun a consultation on a similar 5% tax.<\/p>\n

A report going before Aberdeen City Council’s finance committee asks councillors to approve a consultation on the proposed 7% levy, which would result in an estimated average increase of about \u00a35 per night for visitors.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The earliest date the tax could be introduced in Aberdeen would be April 2027.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The report for councillors says the levy could stimulate tourism and support jobs.<\/p>\n

Councillors will consider approving outline proposals for a tourism tax, set at 7% and putting it out for consultation<\/p>\n

Aberdeen City Council said it was unable to comment ahead of the committee meeting, which is on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Events such as the current Spectra light festival bring visitors to Aberdeen<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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David Weston, of the Scottish Bed and Breakfast Association, said he had concerns about the potential impact of such a levy on visitor numbers.<\/p>\n

Of the 7% figure, he told BBC Scotland News: “I’m astonished, because Aberdeen does not suffer from over tourism.<\/p>\n

“They’re not looking at all at the dangers to tourism and the damage that would to do to tourism, to Aberdeen, which would have a wider impact across the whole of the economy.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Marc Crothall, chief executive of the Scottish Tourism Alliance, said there was a time and a place for the levy.<\/p>\n

“Importantly, the proportionality of the levy that would be applied needs to be right,” he said. “We can’t afford to get this one wrong.<\/p>\n

“Taxing a tourist with a punitive level of tax to be honest with you, is very definitely not the right way to go right now, in the climate we’re facing.”<\/p>\n

Visitors to Edinburgh will be charged a tourist tax designed to raise \u00a350m annually, after city councillors voted in favour of the move last month. <\/p>\n

The charge, similar to schemes already used in Germany, Spain and Italy, covers hotels, bed and breakfasts, self-catering accommodation as well as rooms and properties let through websites like Airbnb.<\/p>\n

City of Edinburgh Council said the levy of 5% would take effect from 24 July 2026 and the revenue raised would be spent on infrastructure improvements.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n


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