West Dunbartonshire Visitor Levy
- About the West Dunbartonshire Visitor Levy
- Why we're introducing a visitor levy
- Information for businesses
- Information for visitors and exemptions
- How we’ll invest the West Dunbartonshire Visitor Levy
- How we developed the West Dunbartonshire Visitor Levy
- West Dunbartonshire Visitor Levy Scheme
- Timeline for implementing the levy
2. Why we're introducing a visitor levy
The scheme is designed to sustain and support the facilities and services substantially used by visitors for leisure and business purposes within the West Dunbartonshire area.
The objectives of the scheme are therefore to sustain, support and develop:
- public services, programmes and infrastructure that provide an enjoyable and safe visitor and resident experience
- West Dunbartonshire’s culture, heritage and events, making sure the area is competitively attractive to visitors as well as residents.
- the visitor economy by
- fostering innovation in response to environmental and societal challenges
- enhancing West Dunbartonshire’s tourism offering
- help grow and attract tourism businesses & provide skills support
- while promoting responsible and sustainable tourism.