Is tourism ruining Bath? Fodor's Travel Guide suggests it may be time to introduce a TOURIST TAX for the ancient city - where visitors outnumber locals 63 to one on weekends.
A resident claims Bath city center is a “jarring tourist swarm” at weekends. Fodor's: "It's the tourists who don't spend money in the city who are the problem." READ MORE: Fodor's Reveals Its 2024 GO and NO Lists
Is it time to pull the plug on Bath as a tourist destination?
That's the question that popular travel guide Fodor's Travel asked its readers, in light of the fact that the ancient city - home to renowned Roman baths and stunning Georgian architecture - "has difficulty managing the levels". tourism that it simply wasn't built for.
Samantha Priestley of Fodor's Travel points out that in peak season and on weekends, Visitors outnumber the city's residents. - population 94,000 - 63 to one.
John Gower, executive chairman and CEO of Dialect, a specialist games and technology agency based in Bath, tells him that on weekends, in the city center, a “dynamic and energetic café society” transforms into a “shocking swarm of tourists”.
Fodor's Travel says: "It's the tourists who don't stay long and don't spend money inside the city that are the problem.
Is it time to pull the plug on Bath as a tourist destination?
That's the question that popular travel guide Fodor's Travel asked its readers, in light of the fact that the ancient city - home to renowned Roman baths and stunning Georgian architecture - "has difficulty managing the levels". tourism that it simply wasn't built for.
Samantha Priestley of Fodor's Travel points out that in peak season and on weekends, Visitors outnumber the city's residents. - population 94,000 - 63 to one.
John Gower, executive chairman and CEO of Dialect, a specialist games and technology agency based in Bath, tells him that on weekends, in the city center, a “dynamic and energetic café society” transforms into a “shocking swarm of tourists”.
Fodor's Travel says: "It's the tourists who don't stay long and don't spend money inside the city that are the problem.
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