Visitor levy 'risks increasing number of wild campers near beaches, lakes, and lay-bys'

Visitor levy 'risks increasing number of wild campers near beaches, lakes, and lay-bys'

Gwynedd Council HQ. Image: Google Maps Dale Spridgeon, Local democracy reporter A visitor levy “risks” increasing the number of wild campers near beaches, lakes and lay-bys. That was the claim made at a Cyngor Gwynedd education and economy scrutiny committee this week. Wales’s new visitor levy was signed into law last September, giving Welsh councils the option to introduce a charge on overnight stays. Councillors had highlighted a raft of issue…