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Caribbean tourism ministers for London meetings on airline passenger tax
Published on September 3, 2010      Print Version

LONDON, England (JIS) -- Six Caribbean Community (CARICOM) tourism ministers and delegates from the Caribbean Tourism Organisation (CTO) will be meeting in London next week to discuss changes to the British government's airline passenger tax regime.

The meetings come just eight weeks before the Airline Passenger Duty (APD) is set to increase from £50 to £75 per person for economy class seats and from £100 to £150 in premium economy, business and first class.

Jamaica and the rest of the Caribbean have argued that the tax is inherently unfair and have been lobbying for changes.

The structure of APD, as an environmental tax, suggests that the impact of a flight to Jamaica or Barbados is greater than one to Miami, Los Angeles or Hawaii, because countries are placed in charging bands calculated by distance from their capital city to London.

The ministers and the CTO delegates are expected to meet with British government officials, members of the British Air Transport Association, major tour operators and airlines, and also with the British Caribbean All Party Parliamentary Group.
 
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