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USD 10 tax on tickets
Recently parliament discussed a new levy of USD 10 on each ticket sold out of Uganda to support tourism.
USD 10 tax on tickets
Recently parliament discussed a new levy of USD 10 on each ticket sold out of Uganda to support tourism.
Before this discussion at Parliament, every flight ticket sold in Uganda had a levy of usd 57.7 dollars meant to go to @URAuganda , 10 dollars to security at the airport and USD 40 dollars handling fee...
The charge in Kenya is USD 50, what that means is that on a ticket between Nairobi and Entebbe, USD 107 are taxes. The airlines start calculating their costs from USD 107. Now they will start at USD 117.
In 2019, while meeting the Presidents of Uganda and Kenya in mombasa, I proposed that flight between the East African countries be regarded as a local flight.
That would cut the cost of flying between countries and that would enhance trade and tourism. The flights would cost between USD 100 to USD 150 dollars. Its crazy cheap flying within the EU countries.
Our proposal to government was that we transform local service tax which all accommodation facilities pay into tourism trust fund with a separate vote that will help in marketing, human resource development and product development.
Right now, the monies paid to local governments have no value to us as players. They can't help us when we need power, marketing, water , security etc. Thats one of the 13 taxes and levies on accommodation.
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