The City Visitor Charge will cost tourists an extra £1 per room, per night, with the cash to be used to help to run large events, conferences, festivals, marketing campaigns and for street cleanliness.

Manchester City Council chief executive Joanne Roney told the BBC the scheme would raise an extra £3m a year to enhance visitors’ experience.

She reportedly said the money would be "invested directly into these activities, supporting Manchester’s accommodation sector to protect and create jobs and benefiting the city’s economy as a whole".

The new charge comes after some 73 hotels and serviced apartments signed up to the Manchester Accommodation Business Improvement District (ABID) levy scheme which was introduced ahead of a planned expansion of the hotel and holiday let sector in the city.

Last year, Edinburgh moved a step closer to introducing a £2 levy after a new report on the proposals was issued.