Alongside Rome, London already has some of the highest hotel prices among European capitals, and B&B rates are similarly high. I would not like to guess demand elasticity, which is obviously influenced by the prices of other tourist spending items like food (medium to high), clothes (low) and entertainment (high to astronomical), but there is probably not much scope for a hotel surcharge. Rome charges €4 - €10 per person per night.
Problem is Khan is a weak and very disliked Mayor . He has no issue with putting up council tax by 9% when local authorities who provide essential services are capped at a much lower rate. We should have a tourist tax and they should pay to go into museums as we have to in all other cities around the world. But Khan cannot be trusted to use the money well and will funnel it into another vanity project .
I think the museums question is an interesting one too. A report in March by a think tank called taxing tourists entrance fees “logistically complex as well as ideologically at odds with the global collections that the UK has accumulated”.
Alongside Rome, London already has some of the highest hotel prices among European capitals, and B&B rates are similarly high. I would not like to guess demand elasticity, which is obviously influenced by the prices of other tourist spending items like food (medium to high), clothes (low) and entertainment (high to astronomical), but there is probably not much scope for a hotel surcharge. Rome charges €4 - €10 per person per night.
Telegraph had a good range of various price levels for taxes in different jurisdictions. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/advice/how-tourist-taxes-took-over-the-world/
London is so expensive for tourists and residents alike that I'm confident there's scope for a small fee on top.
Problem is Khan is a weak and very disliked Mayor . He has no issue with putting up council tax by 9% when local authorities who provide essential services are capped at a much lower rate. We should have a tourist tax and they should pay to go into museums as we have to in all other cities around the world. But Khan cannot be trusted to use the money well and will funnel it into another vanity project .
I think the museums question is an interesting one too. A report in March by a think tank called taxing tourists entrance fees “logistically complex as well as ideologically at odds with the global collections that the UK has accumulated”.
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/03/07/tourist-admission-fees-at-uk-national-museums-would-be-ideologically-at-odds-with-their-global-collections-says-new-report
But Jack if you were mayor you could sort this out !