Did a tourist tax save Magaluf?
As Edinburgh introduces a visitor levy this week, we look at what a decade of tourist tax-funded investment has done for one of Europe’s resorts
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Watch whether the local support keeps growing after the first win.
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It shows people coming together to solve a real local problem.
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