Pretty UK seaside town that’s at war over a tourist tax costing families £34 a week

Bournemouth is at the centre of a row about tourist tax. (Image: Getty) A gorgeous UK seaside town has two camps raging against each other over a so-called tourist tax. Bournemouth in Dorset was set to became the first seaside town in the UK to start charging a tourist tax that would cost families staying there an extra £34 a week.

But its hoteliers are fuming saying that the tax - which was also due to be introduced in neighbouring Christchurch and Poole - was rushed through and will hammer the tourism industry. function loadOvpScript(){let el=document.createElement('script');el.

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This would equal £3.