Why and how to get involved in the Visitor Levy consultation
A visitor levy could raise millions of pounds for investment in the local visitor economy, to benefit residents, visitors and businesses, by helping to sustain Argyll and Bute as a choice destination while addressing the pressures tourism can put on infrastructure and services.
With growing tourism pressures, demonstrated by an increase of 58.9% of overnight visitors accessing paid accommodation between 2013 to 2024, and challenging public sector budgets we need to investigate options that could help raise income locally, to sustain public services needed and affected by the tourism industry and make improvements to the future delivery of tourism across Argyll and Bute.
National visitor levy legislation has changed: Visitor Levy (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 2026
We have co-designed a draft visitor levy scheme with businesses and visitor economy representatives.
It is different to the scheme consulted on in 2025: Visitor levy consultation planned
The consultation ran from Monday 13 July to Monday 5 October 2026.
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