From today, tourists staying in Edinburgh will have to pay a visitor levy of 5% of the overall stay, which will be applied to overnight accommodation bookings from July 24 next year.
Edinburgh Council says the tax will generate up to £50m per year for the city, but businesses say the rules on how to implement the levy are not clear enough.
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