Marianne Taylor: Why Glasgow must join Edinburgh and demand a tourist tax

I WAS in Edinburgh at the weekend visiting friends and the subject on everyone’s lips was the tourist tax. A public consultation has just opened, and if the locals I spoke to have their way, the four million visitors who descend upon their overcrowded city every year will soon be paying an extra £2 per room, per night, towards things like keeping the streets clean and better toilets. . https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16998280.marianne-taylor-why-glasgow-must-join-edinburgh-and-demand-a-tourist-tax/