The Cornwall tourism chief has warned holidaymakers that he could “certainly envision” a tax on tourists being rolled out in the near future.
More than four million people visit Cornwall for a holiday every year, while an extra 12 million make day visits, according to a local committee report.
Malcolm Bell, the chief executive of Visit Cornwall, has now voiced his support for a “Cornish tax” to profit from these visits.
“It is a time to have the debate, not rush into action, engage with people and look at the art of the possible,” he told local outlet Cornwall Live.
It comes after Venice, in Italy, became the world’s first city to introduce a levy for tourists to thin the crowds that throng its canals.
Simone Venturini, the city councillor responsible for tourism and…