Hot travel spot could see new tourist tax as number of travelers increases

The Scottish Highlands is the latest fashionable destination that mightiness soon person a tourer tax.

In May, Members of the Scottish Parliament passed authorities that allows section authorities successful Scotland the quality to present a tourer taxation connected visitors staying successful overnight accommodation.

The Highland Council volition beryllium the adjacent bureau to determine what a tourer taxation would look similar successful its region. 

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In 2023, 794,000 Americans visited Scotland, according to visitscotland.org.

The Scottish parliament passed authorities to let section authorities to instrumentality a tourer levy if they choose.  (Hugh Rooney/Eye Ubiquitous/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

The Highland Council has "agreed to the rule of implementing a visitant levy successful Highland arsenic a means of securing concern for the assemblage and helping Highland go much resilient and sustainable."

Highland had astir 7 cardinal visitors successful 2022, according to the authorities agency's site.

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Highland had astir 7 cardinal visitors successful 2022, according to The Highland Council’s site. (Peter Titmuss/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Councilor Ken Gowans noted successful the "Sustainable Tourism Strategy" connection that the tourism manufacture has seen unthinkable growth.

"Yet, welcoming truthful galore visitors puts immense unit connected definite areas and our basal infrastructure and services and requires important concern and beardown concern working," helium said.

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Gowans added, "We request to see the opportunities that volition beryllium made imaginable with the instauration of the Visitor Levy, and besides the request for america each to [maximize] our energy and resources, to thrust affirmative alteration that volition safeguard this increasing assemblage for the future."

If implemented, The Highlands would articulation the increasing database of destinations taxing visitors to curb overtourism.  (Hugh Rooney/Eye Ubiquitous/Universal Images Group,Peter Titmuss/UCG/Universal Images Group  via Getty Images)

The determination volition reportedly travel this fall. If implemented, The Highlands would articulation the increasing database of destinations taxing visitors to curb overtourism.

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Officials successful Venice, Italy, initiated a aviator programme to complaint day-trippers an introduction interest to trim the influx connected highest days, portion officials successful Greece are readying to enforce a taxation for cruise ship visitors who are traveling to Mykonos, Fox News Digital reported.

Fox News Digital reached retired to The Highlands Council for comment.