Sophie Mei Lan speaks to people in Yoirk. https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/opinion/columnists/yorkshire-residents-should-be-exempt-from-any-tourism-tax-in-the-region-andrew-vine-4979807
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00:00What are your views on a possible levy for tourists?
00:03I don't really have an opinion on it. I don't mind it. I think it would be good
00:07to bring more money into the city. I think it'd be good to get more tourists in the city as well.
00:13So yeah, that's it really.
00:16Well, I think for overseas visitors, I don't think it would put anybody off.
00:19What do you think?
00:20No, I don't think so. It would.
00:21But we're sort of Yorkshire visitors, so I'd like to think that actually that didn't apply
00:25to us as a YEO resident. But other areas in the world do it. So if it protects the
00:31environment and looks after the city, maybe it's not a bad thing.
00:35In York, they're thinking of putting a tourism tax on things. What do you think about that?
00:41I don't really agree with it. And I know everybody does. I don't. But I don't agree
00:46with residents having to pay full price for things and not being able to get into museums and things.
00:53So maybe a residence reduction rather than a levy on tourists.
00:57Somebody said yesterday that you can get a card, but I don't know where you'd get a card from.
01:01You know, they're not making it very popular. They're not saying to every resident,
01:05years ago, you could just get a card, pick a card up from somewhere.
01:08If you're a York resident, and you have to take a bill. But now it's a bit more.
01:14I think maybe for
01:16things like travel lodges, that would be good. But I wouldn't want to put people off going to
01:20like independent rentals.
01:26But it might make housing more affordable for local residents if there's less competition.
01:33It's true.