NDM7990 Welsh Conservatives debate - Tourism

NDM7990 Darren Millar (Clwyd West)

To propose that the Senedd:

1. Celebrates Wales's strength as a world-class tourist destination.

2. Regrets the devastating impact of COVID restrictions on the tourism industry in Wales.

3. Believes that the Welsh Government's proposed changes to the non-domestic ratings system will undermine many holiday letting businesses.

4. Notes Wales Tourism Alliance data that shows a large majority of businesses will be unable to meet the criteria to qualify as a holiday let business.

5. Calls on the Welsh Government to:

a) abandon damaging proposals for a tourism tax in Wales;

b) acknowledge that the majority of responses to its consultation oppose the proposed non-domestic rates changes for holiday lets;

c) scrap plans to extend the number of days that a property must be let in order to meet the non-domestic rating requirement.