The Welsh Government's tourism tax would be simply devastating for the tourism offer in communities like Gower, Mumbles and Porthcawl in my region. After an incredibly difficult few years, instead of encouraging more visitors to come to our coastal communities, the Welsh Government's priority seems to be to tax them instead.

After I raised this issue in First Minister's questions yesterday, it's clear from the First Minister's answer now that, because of the limitations of that tax, these same communities could be burdened with taxing their visitors and then not see any additional money being spent in that community at all. The usual Labour-Plaid attack line of, 'It works for Venice so why wouldn't it work for Porthcawl?' now has a really clear answer, Dirprwy Lywydd: Venice sees a financial benefit from their tourism tax; Porthcawl might not.