Should county governments collect levies from tourism?

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Most tourism facilities and services fall under the custody of county governments. Among the  local functions of tourism are county tourism planning; enforcement of county tourism laws and regulations; marketing and promotion of county tourism destinations; research, information and management.

But the Tourism Regulatory Authority collects licence levies from tourist facilities. These facilities and service providers have been asking to benefit directly from these bodies in vain. One of the major roles devolved to the counties is tourism product development, but most of the development allocation to the counties is limited as the departments responsible for tourism are required to justify higher allocations and returns from tourism.