Our luxury seaside town is being torn apart by £2.40 tourist tax on ALL visitors – we’ll suffer… it’s hardly Venice

WAR has broken out between hoteliers in Bournemouth after the seaside spot became the first to vote in favour of a tourist tax.

Holidaymakers are set to be charged an extra £2.40 a night as part of the “rushed-through” scheme.

A postal ballot on the council-backed tax passed earlier this year, with 16 hotels voting in favour and 15 against.

But in a last-minute U-turn, plans have been halted...