Perth’s growing reputation as a cultural and business hub has made it a flourishing location for traditional self-catering accommodation, according to the industry’s trade body.
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Month: June 2017
Press Release: Booming Inverness is Scotland’s second largest city for traditional self-catering apartments
A ‘booming’ tourism industry has helped make Inverness the nation’s second largest city for traditional self-catering accommodation, according to a major new study.
An economic impact study by the industry’s trade body, The Association of Scotland’s Self-Caterers (ASSC), has revealed the growing popularity of the traditional self-catering sector within the nation’s cities.
The report stated that Inverness boasts 330 self-catering properties, placing it ahead of Glasgow, Aberdeen, Dundee, Perth and Stirling in a list of the nation’s top self-catering locations. Of Scotland’s cities, only Edinburgh has more.
Cut Tourism VAT Campaign
Tourism VAT is on the agenda for the Government as part of the Confidence and Supply arrangement agreed by the Conservative Party and the Democratic Unionist Party of Northern Ireland.
As set out in the agreement, made public yesterday:
A detailed consultative report will be commissioned into the impact of VAT on tourism in Northern Ireland to recommend how best to build upon the growing success of that sector
This comes after the DUP made a reduction in Tourism VAT a manifesto pledge.
A detailed study into a Tourism VAT cut for Northern Ireland, which competes with Ireland for custom where the rate is just 9%, will show that a reduction in Tourism VAT should be implemented across the UK.
Speaking about the news, Cut Tourism VAT Campaign Chairman, Dermot King said yesterday:
“The benefits would be felt most keenly in coastal and rural areas in need of regeneration. We look forward to submitting our extensive research to the government outlining the positive impacts of a reduction.
I am confident the findings of this consultation will show that Tourism VAT should be reduced to 5% across every part of the UK, creating 121,000 jobs, increasing UK export earnings from tourism and bringing in £4.6bn to the Treasury over 10 years.”
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The Cut Tourism VAT Financial Highlights document sets out all the compelling reasons for reducing Tourism VAT in an easy to read format.