London tourist tax: How much extra could it cost to visit the capital?

Tourists visiting the Big Apple have to pay the New York 8.875% charge on hotel rooms, plus a flat unit fee of around £1.52 ...

Tourist tax set to be introduced in London with visitors charged small levy for overnight stays

New York, Tokyo, Lisbon, Barcelona and Prague already have a tourist tax, as does Paris which has a range of charges ...

London borough calls for a tourist tax to be introduced in the capital

Councillors of a South London borough have called for a tourist tax in an attempt to generate revenue from its millions of ...

How the world sees Britain: What I’ve learnt in my first year as a London tour guide

After almost three decades as a travel writer, this was the year I branched out. After an intensive two-year training course ...
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London might be getting a new tourist tax - but not in the borough you’d think

It’s not unusual to find a tourist tax in some of Europe's buzzy cities - Barcelona, Amsterdam, Lisbon - even in the UK ...

The 10 ‘worst’ boroughs in London (and why you should visit them)

Telegraph Travel recently carried out a comprehensive analysis of London’s 32 boroughs, to see which offers the best overall ...

Will this London borough get a ‘tourist tax’ in the future?

Nowhere in London currently has a tourist tax in place, which is why there is much confusion as to why Lambeth might be the ...

Travel blogger says 'please don't waste your money', shares 17 free places to visit in London

Travel blogger Amanda Monique Brown addressed this common tourist concern in her September 27 post. She added, “Please don't waste your money'Great Britain's big cities tend to get a bad rep for being ...
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Exploring London’s Buried History: The Subterranean Tourist

LONDON, ENGLAND - AUGUST 27: Wax work models are positioned in The Map Room in Cabinet War Rooms bunker, which has been preserved entirely unchanged since the second World War, on August 27, 2009 in ...