Tourist tax update for beautiful UK city after threat to charge overnight visitors

Cambridge has been considering a 'tourist tax' (Image: Getty) Plans to introduce a tourist tax in one of the UK's most popular cities have hit a setback - after hotels in the area voted against the scheme. Cambridge attracts tens of thousands of visitors from across the world each year - with many coming to see its iconic university buildings and punt on the River Cam. Earlier this year proposals were brought forward to introduce the levy on anyone staying in large hotels in the area.

The scheme would see visitors pay £2 per room per night they were staying in Cambridge. function loadOvpScript(){let el=document.createElement('script');el.

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