Liverpool ‘tourist tax’ of £2 to be charged for overnight stays

People who stay during the night in Liverpool will have to pay a “tourist tax” after the hoteliers voted in favor of the plans to introduce one.

A vote of the accommodation offer, which represents 83 hotels in the city, discovered that most supported the idea of ​​a visitor position of the city of £ 2.

The accommodation offer, which also represented the apartment suppliers in Liverpool, believes that the tax will be raised £ 9.2 million of approximately two years, or that £ 6.7 million will go to the tows that support the economy of visitors to the city.

The Liverpool offers company, Whems Canages Albejiz Bid, said the Levy Woobd “Turbo Charge” the city’s tourism and visitor economy when it enters into force in June.

The position will be administered and administered by hotels and accommodation suppliers with services, either when the guests are registered or at the end of their stay.

The money raised under the scheme will be administered by accommodation offer.

Liverpool Bid Company includes two commercial improvement districts in the city center and representatives of more than 800 companies in Liverpool.

For a night visitor charge that will be implemented in England, a clear and transparent business plan must be provided by how the money collected will be spent.

Of the 83 hotels in the Liverpool voted on the loading of the visitor, 59% were in favor, in a participation or 53%.

Marcus Magee, president of the Liverpool accommodation offer, said the vote was an “important step” by allowing the hospitality sector of the city to have an opinion and influence on the decisions about the economy of visitors.

This, he said, was “crucial for the vitality and economy of the city.”

Bill Addy, executive director of Liverpool Bid Company, said that the £ 2 tax would help Liverpool attract bigger events that would bring more visitors and money to the city.

“We have always said that the industry should say if they want to between this range, as they are managing,” he said.

“The evidence of other European cities suggests that this model will translate during the night in a great investment, so that we can turn it into leading events and world leaders.”

In April 2023, Manchester became the first city of the United Kingdom to introduce a “tourism tax.”

The city’s visitor position, a £ 1 per room, per night, raised around £ 2.8 million in its first year.