In the Herald today, the above and: Warnings that Scotland is pricing itself out of the global tourism market have intensified after it emerged nearly two in three of Scotland’s 32 councils are introducing or considering controversial tourist taxes. Businesses say visitors are already turning to cheaper destinations overseas as councils press ahead with new overnight levies that will pile extra costs onto holidays. Evidence for the latter claim? The visitor levies have not yet been implemented so cannot yet be part of the above ‘combination.’ Just rubbish. What’s the actual evidence? Scotland’s planned 3–7% levies sit in the middle … Continue reading Scotland ‘priced out’ by UK VAT, Visa and ETA costs not its thoroughly average tourist tax