Overview

• Senedd approved the visitor levy 37-13 on July 8 and has forwarded the bill to the King for Royal Assent
• Each of Wales’s 22 councils will decide independently whether to introduce the charge after holding yearlong community consultations
• The levy sets a £1.30 plus VAT nightly rate for hotels, B&Bs and self-catering accommodation and 75p for hostels and campsites with under-18s exempt
• Full adoption could generate up to £33 million a year to improve toilets, footpaths, beaches and visitor centres
• Welsh Conservatives vow to scrap the levy if they win the 2026 election and several councils including Pembrokeshire and Rhondda Cynon Taf have already ruled it out