Submission Documents: By Bailie Dr Nina Baker:- "Glasgow City Council recognises the current funding crisis in local government and the limits, such as Council Tax Freeze, on the Council's ability to raise revenue. Council appreciates the contribution of tourism to our local economy and notes that major city tourism destinations such as Vancouver, New York and Venice, as well as many other cities in the United States and Europe, place a small levy on visitors. Glasgow notes the potential of a relatively small levy of around £1-2 per night stayed to generate at least £2 - 4 million per annum and that this scale of levy is unlikely to discourage visitors or affect the hotel trade. Council agrees in principle that Glasgow should pursue the introduction of a Transient Visitor Levy; and therefore formally agrees that a full report on the introduction of a Transient Visitor Levy should be presented to the Regeneration and Economy Policy Development Committee by June 2016." Help Icon

This is the list of documents available for the submission By Bailie Dr Nina Baker:- "Glasgow City Council recognises the current funding crisis in local government and the limits, such as Council Tax Freeze, on the Council's ability to raise revenue. Council appreciates the contribution of tourism to our local economy and notes that major city tourism destinations such as Vancouver, New York and Venice, as well as many other cities in the United States and Europe, place a small levy on visitors. Glasgow notes the potential of a relatively small levy of around £1-2 per night stayed to generate at least £2 - 4 million per annum and that this scale of levy is unlikely to discourage visitors or affect the hotel trade. Council agrees in principle that Glasgow should pursue the introduction of a Transient Visitor Levy; and therefore formally agrees that a full report on the introduction of a Transient Visitor Levy should be presented to the Regeneration and Economy Policy Development Committee by June 2016.".

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Item Minute - 18 February 2016 Minute Public Open Document in PDF Format
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