17th January 2018 By Anne North The Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Local Enterprise Partnership is preparing to lobby the government in favour of tax cuts for the tourism industry.…
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Typical of the LEP – focussed entirely on the economy and no thought of the environmental and social implications of tourism. I think they are an unrepresentative body with not enough accountability to the electorate.
Presumably this would have to include holiday-lettings. I don’t see the potential for growth on existing stock with fixed capacity of 52 letting weeks a year. The only growth could come from increased numbers of holiday letting properties. Would such a tax break encourage holiday-letting in favour of long-term letting of homes for people living locally?