Hospitality sector lobbies Chancellor for 10% cut in Business rates and cuts to VAT on Accommodation and Food to support the industry post Brexit. With VAT so much higher than European countries incl. Eire and with Skills shortages the future is uncertain CutTourismVAT

Lord Foster of Bath: "Reference continues to be made to a hotel tax...before we introduce such a thing, we should reduce the VAT on accommodation and attractions, as the vast majority of other EU countries have done." 👏👏👏 #cuttourismVAT hansard.parliament.uk/Lords/2020-02-…

Lord Foster of Bath: "The difficulties faced by the tourism industry being made worse by coronavirus... we could help the industry by doing as other European countries have done and reducing VAT on accommodation and attractions" #cuttourismVAT hansard.parliament.uk/lords/2020-02-…

The record 400,000 Chinese tourists the UK welcomed in 2018 were a vital boost for the sector, which was struggling following the 750,000 fewer visitors the UK received from EU countries. Since the outbreak of coronavirus, the number of Chinese tourists to the UK has plummeted

The UK maintains the second highest rate of VAT on tourism in Europe and is the only European nation which does not apply a reduced rate of tax or special dispensation for tourism services. The Treasury must stop damaging the industry by imposing an uncompetitive rate of VAT.

A #TouristTax seems like a popular solution to raise funds for local services but unlike the other EU cities used as examples, the UK pays a much higher rate of VAT. Catch Kate Nicholls OBE discussing the proposed London #TouristTax on BBC London News today at 6pm.

touristtaxnow UKHospitality Surveys show guests ARE deterred if price sensitive & UK is 140 out of 141 tourism markets for most expensive and least competitive. Surveys also show visitors paying a tax spend less in local economy. And finally, surveys show overwhelming majority of Scottish biz don't want it.

UKHospitality Kate Nicholls OBE Stats have shown UK to be the 2nd most taxed tourism economy in the world. Can we just continue to increase? Do we need a redistribution of tax so CutTourismVAT to enable locally generated taxes which support local tourism economies? How do we tackle Airbnb and #day visitors?

"2020 could turn out to be a more challenging year... Policymakers need to reverse the flawed decision on the Vat rate (rise) in the 2019 Budget." It could be worse - Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK are stuck with an even higher VAT rate of 20%! irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/b…

I hope Rishi Sunak will take #coronvirusuk into consideration #Budget2020 & CutTourismVAT & reduce Business Rates with the serious drop in occupancy, dining out, many small businesses will go into receivership UKHospitality Master Innholders The Caterer Royal Academy of Culinary Arts Dominic Walsh

Support required by hospitality & tourism industry CutTourismVAT reduce Business rates & help the industry reach its full potential Thank you!

Tourism is going to be one of the industries worst hit by coronavirus. One way for the Chancellor to help the sector would be to #cuttourismVAT The Chinese government is already supporting their tourism sector by cutting VAT. internationaltaxreview.com/article/b1kjjn…

With 35% jobs in the tourist industry permanently at risk because of #Covid19, there needs to be a stronger government response Cross-party MPs have called for VAT on tourism to be cut. Now is the time to do it Pls ask your MP to sign my EDM #Brighton 👇

We have today launched the results of survey of over a thousand tourism and hospitality businesses that shows that Chancellor Rishi Sunak must extend the VAT cut in his March budget or there could be 310,000 job losses in the industry. cuttourismvat.co.uk/ctv-campaign-l…