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Sunshine Coast Council raises rates causing ‘tourism tax’

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Sunshine Coast holiday rental operators are suffering after the council has increased taxes on rental accommodation. 

The Sunshine Coast Council has followed Brisbane’s lead in increasing rates on short-term properties and has also raised taxes on holiday accommodation.

Brett Thompson, Member of Visit Sunshine Coast Sub-Regional Tourism Panel, told Peter Gleeson on 4BC Drive, “It’s an absolute disaster.”

“It’s bizarre, they spend seven or eight million dollars a year promoting tourism on the Sunshine Coast…and on the other hand he’s [Mayor Mark Jamieson] taxing every tourist accommodation operator on the Coast,” Mr. Thompson continued.

Press PLAY to hear how these taxes are impacting tourism operators 

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Gary Hardgrave
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