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WELSH TOURISM WEEK  27 February – 4 March SCOTTISH TOURISM WEEK  6-13 March ENGLISH TOURISM WEEK  10-18 March For resources, information, ideas, inspiration for each of the Weeks visit the following websites: Wales:  www.wta.org.uk/tourism-week/ Scotland:  www.stforum.co.uk/scottishtourismweek/stw2012.aspx England:  www.visitengland.org/england-tourism-industry/etw/index.aspx …GET INVOLVED: The three Weeks provide the perfect opportunity to invite your MP/ MSP/ AM/ Councillors and other opinion formers to your establishment to put across the issues of concern to member businesses (VAT, …

Tourism is the only export of the UK which is subject to domestic VAT and its current high level is clearly a deterrent to visitors and discourages ‘staycationers’, says the annual report of the British Hospitality Association, published Monday 6 June. “The present level of VAT in the UK is one of the most pressing issues facing the industry today, making UK tourism uncompetitive with most European competitor countries, many of which …