COUNCILLORS have formally decided against adopting a visitor levy in Shetland, with the focus instead placed on engaging with the Scottish Government on alternative revenue-generating avenues. Leader Emma Macdonald said that for her a visitor levy “just isn’t the answer, and doesn’t make sense in our context”. Both leader Macdonald and her depute Gary Robinson spoke out against the visitor levy. Macdonald said there was potentially merit in a point of entry or cruise ship levy, but said the visitor levy does not make sense for Shetland. He also said the reality was that the recent increase in NorthLink ferry fares would itself probably generate more income than the levy would.