Senedd Cymru | Welsh Parliament
Y Pwyllgor Cyllid | Finance Committee
Bil Llety Ymwelwyr (Cofrestr ac Ardoll) Etc. (Cymru) | Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill
Ymateb gan Maes Gwersylla a Charafanau Elan Oaks | Evidence from Elan Oaks Camping and Caravan Site
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Addressing each of the above points in brief:
* 'ensure a more even share of costs to fund local services and infrastructure that benefit visitors between resident populations and visitors'?
Our other business (a small local retail establishment) pays rates which already fund local services and infrastructure to support residents, my family and I pay Council Tax fund local services and infrastructure to support residents, we pay privately at huge cost, for waste/recycling collections from the campsite. We, as Powys residents, are funding local services and infrastructure to support residents- all we ask is for Powys to help us to encourage visitors to Wales, helping us to make a living through providing a service to encourage visitors.
*'provide local authorities with the ability to generate additional revenue that can be invested back into local services and infrastructure to support tourism'?
Powys does not seem to be interested in supporting tourism...only in discouraging visitors by taking away the tourist attractions (Bwlch Nant yr Arian as an example) that we use to encourage visitors.
* 'support the Welsh Government’s ambitions for sustainable tourism'?
I suspect this will simply be another example of money going into a large Powys pot. never to be seen again. We need to encourage and keep tourists coming to Wales, not invent a new way of actively discouraging them. We are involved in a constant battle to attract tourists away from the holiday hotspots of Devon and Cornwall. Placing a levy on visitors to Wales will seriously undermine these efforts. Unless your ambition for 'Sustainable Tourism' is to have significantly less tourists, the levy will not make tourism in Wales sustainable...it will kill it.
The Regulatory Impact Assessment is set out in Part 2 of the Explanatory Memorandum (https://senedd.wales/media/g5ipwvwh/pri-ld16812-em-e.pdf). This includes the Welsh Government’s assessments of the financial and other impacts of the Bill and its implementation.
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Other than tourists staying away from Wales???
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Ultimately it will discourage tourism which can't be a good way to make it sustainable. In the current economic climate, we need to find ways to encourage tourists- not introduce a levy that will drive them to other areas of the British Isles.
The powers to make subordinate legislation are set out in Part 1: Chapter 5 of the Explanatory Memorandum (https://senedd.wales/media/g5ipwvwh/pri-ld16812-em-e.pdf).
The Welsh Government has also set out its statement of policy intent for subordinate legislation (https://business.senedd.wales/documents/s155951/Statement%20of%20Policy%20Intent.pdf).
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All information regarding the Bill should be apparent, subordinate legislation is an area open to abuse and creates distrust.
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see previous answers
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My previous answers cover my views.
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The Bill is simply another example of the ineptness of the Welsh Government and the blatant disregard for hardworking Welsh people, trying to make a living through tourism.