Arrr! A busy port be ponderin' a shiny tax fer landlubbers, what with scallywags floodin' in like fish!
2024-09-23
Arrr, me hearties! The landlubbers o' Scotland be ponderin' whether to levy a shiny tax on the scallywags floodin' the Highlands! Seems the locals be swimmin' in tourists like a captain in grog—who knew the mountains be a treasure map fer wanderin' souls? Avast, me thinks it’s time to plunder a coin or two!
Ahoy me hearties! Gather 'round as I regale ye with news from the bonnie Scottish Highlands, where the landlubbers be ponderin' a new treasure scheme—aye, a tourist tax! In the month of May, them clever Members of the Scottish Parliament passed a bill lettin' local authorities swab the decks with a fee for landlocked scallywags who be stayin' overnight.The Highland Council be the next crew to chart the course for this visitor levy, me mateys. With 794,000 American swabs settin' foot on Scottish soil in 2023 alone, it be a bounteous bounty indeed! But as the Councilor Ken Gowans be sayin', too many landlubbers be weighin' down their ships, creatin' quite the ruckus and stressin' their basic infrastructure.
He be sayin' they need this levy to keep the Highlands as fierce as a kraken and as sustainable as a pirate ship on the open sea! If the tax be set sail, the Highlands would join other fair ports, like Venice and Greece, collectin' pieces of eight from visitors to keep the peace and order on their shores.
So, keep a weather eye open, me hearties! The decision shall be made this fall, and who knows what treasure awaits for the Highlanders and their visitors alike!