The team at the St Moritz Hotel and Cowshed Spa in Trebetherick, Cornwall, also condemned the levy.
Hugh Ridgway, one of its founders, said: “People travel from across the world to stay, eat, and spend in Cornwall, and support thousands of local jobs and businesses.”
Yet, alongside us, every Cornish hospitality operator is now working almost to breaking point just to make budget and break even.
Margins are wafer thin, staff costs are soaring, energy remains volatile, and consumer confidence is fragile.
“And now Westminster thinks the answer is to tax visitors even more.”