WTTC joins tax chorus

WTTC (World Travel & Tourism Council) in the person of Jean-Claude Baumgarten, President, has joined the chorus of organisations and companies around the world protesting at the tax impositions regarding aviation by the UK government.  “We believe the overall APD system should be scrapped," he said. "The APD acts as a distortion to free trade and this will ultimately work against the Millennium Development Goals by crippling regions most in need of travel and tourism to run and support their economies.”  The increased APD, which is being implemented in two stages, from November 2009 and November 2010, and which primarily penalises long haul travellers, will mean a 112% rise in departure tax on a flight to Australia from the end of 2010. www.wttc.org

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