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Tunisia taxes tourists
TUNIS, 25 September 2014: Tunisia on Tuesday announced that from next month non-resident foreigners will have to pay a departure tax on leaving the country, in a move aimed at boosting the country’s...
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Tax rebate promotes domestic travel
BANGKOK, 16 October 2014: The Thai Cabinet has approved, Tuesday, a tax rebate on travel expenses, that citizens can gain when filing their annual tax declarations. Government spokesman, Yongyuth...
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Tax cuts to woo industry support
HO CHI MINH CITY, 24 October 2014: Vietnam’s Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism wants the country to cut VAT in half and exempt or cut corporate income tax by 50% for companies that join a tourism...
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India cuts tax
NEW DELHI, 2 March 2015: India announced Saturday a cut in corporate taxes and other initiatives for a more stable and predictable tax regime in a bid to woo foreign investors and spur faster growth in...
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Phu Quoc gets VAT refunds
PHU QUOC, 10 March 2015: Phu Quoc International Airport is the latest airport to be given the right to open a VAT refund service for foreigners and expatriate Vietnamese departing the country. Tourism...
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Myanmar: Funds for innovation
YANGON, 24 June 2015: UK AID through its Department of International Development (DFID) is funding a competition for Myanmar’s tourism industry, hoping to assist hoteliers and other local operators to...
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Thais beat tax with travel
BANGKOK, 13 November 2015: Thailand’s Department of Tourism encourages Thais to travel in the country to take advantage of a tax rebate that will end 31 December this year. The department’s acting...
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Sri Lanka eases tax burden
COLOMBO, 24 November 2015: Sri Lanka’s new government used its first full budget, announced last Friday, to lift taxes on foreign investors and vowed to reverse “isolationist” policies of the former...
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Proposed tourist tax under fire
BANGKOK, 27 January 2016: Association of Thai Travel Agents warned the Tourism Authority of Thailand, Monday, that it should engage in detailed discussions with all related sectors before proposing new...
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Tyler tells Germany to cut tax
BERLIN, 17 March 2016: The International Air Transport Association called on the German government to focus on improving the competitiveness of the German air transport sector. “Aviation supports the...
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Dubai introduces airport tax
DUBAI, 1 April 2016: The emirate of Dubai, whose airport is the world’s busiest for international passengers, announced Wednesday it was introducing a tax on travellers to help finance expansion, as...
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Tax rebates to boost travel
BANGKOK, 1 April 2016: Thai Hotels Association says the Thai Cabinet decision to reinstate tax rebates will help to boost the country’s tourism industry. The Cabinet, on Tuesday, approved economic...
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Tax rebate to boost Songkran spend
BANGKOK, 8 April 2016: The Thai Cabinet tax deduction scheme will help to boost tourism revenue during Songkran and the remainder of the year, according to a Kasikorn Research Centre report. The...
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Langkawi introduces tourist levy
LANGKAWI, 15 July 2016: Langkawi Municipal Council’s tourism department has introduced a tourism promotion levy of between RM1 and RM9 on tourists for every day of their stay. The fee is charged...
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Airbnb seals tax deals
PARIS, 23 November 2016: Home sharing site Airbnb aims to extend its network of tax agreements to 700 cities by the end of next year, Monday’s Financial Times has quoted its chief executive as saying....
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Australia agrees on backpackers tax
SYDNEY, 29 November 2016: Foreigners in Australia on working holidays face paying a 15% levy on every dollar they earn after the government Monday compromised on a controversial “backpacker tax”,...
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Welcome year-end tax break
BANGKOK, 1 December 2016: Thailand reintroduced, Tuesday, a tourism stimulus package that offers Thai citizens a THB15,000 tax break when they buy a domestic tour packages, or hotel accommodation....
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Bank bullish on tax break
BANGKOK, 2 December 2016: Kasikorn Research Centre says a THB15,000 tourism tax break effective this December should generate an additional income of THB2,000 to THB4,000 million for domestic tourism....
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Bangkok residents ready to travel
BANGKOK, 8 December 2016: Kasikorn Research Centre estimates Bangkok residents will generate THB44,000 million in tourism-related revenue, up 5% on Q4, last year, as they spend their end-of-the-year...
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Airbnb bows to pressure
BARCELONA, 8 February 2017: Homeowners in central Barcelona will only be able to rent one place on Airbnb as part of new rules announced Tuesday by the home rentals website, at loggerheads with local...
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