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The Government should impose service tax only 10% profit earned by tour operators and not on 40% as at present. |
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Safety and security of airports, railways stations, cruise terminals should be strengthened and facilities enhanced at these strategic points. |
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Government should facilitate tour operators for Visas from major markets like France, Italy, Spain, CIS countries like China where tour operators are having difficulties. Till visa on arrival is finalized, E-Visa facility should be introduced. |
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Top priorities should be given to the creation of land banks by all the states and the allotment of land to IATO and other hoteliers on concessional rates for the construction of hotels on private public partnership basis. |
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All hotels which have been given DoT approval should be directed to keep 25% to 30% of the letable rooms for leisure tourists so that tour operators can offer leisure packages to the clients. The government should intervene and regulate the hotel rates. |
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Hotels should not whimsically change the hotel tariff and create their own categories of rooms. They should have the categories of rooms approved by DoT during the inspection which should be the same for 3 years. |
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Infact as an industry, the hotel should form 5 year game plan on short and long term basis to facilitate both hoteliers and tour operators. |
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Actual special rates should be printed by the hoteliers on their brochures and be provided to tour operators to enable them to pay tax on the actual price only. |
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Dual Tariff should be withdrawn by the hotels, airlines. ASI to remove discrimination between the foreign and the domestic tourists. |
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While IATO welcomes the impact of the Incredible India Campaign, in increasing the inflow of the foreign arrivals, it wants the offices overseas should also be strengthened and staffed by competent officials knowing foreign languages which are spoken in the countries of operation. |
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The government should rationalize the different taxes which are being charged by the states governments at different points which make the tour packages cost prohibitive forcing tourists to avoid India and visit other competitive countries. |
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Rajasthan Government should declare Rajasthan as most tourist friendly state and abolish taxes on tourist transport vehicles. |
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IATO and other trade bodies like FHRAI, TAFI, TAAI, HAI, TGFI should work in unison to achieve maximum results and become a force to reckon and their voices heard by the corridors of the power. |
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Each state should create an environment conducive to the new emerging segments of tourism such as rural, medical, adventure, spiritual, sports, spa, yoga, mice etc. |
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Ministry of Tourism should increase the allocation of funds under the MDA Scheme so that a large number of tour operators may avail themselves of the available facilities for promotional visits and the funds should be disbursed to the tour operators on the time bound basis. |
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The Tourism Ministry should also earmark 15% of its overall budget for promotional activities exclusively by Indian tour operators. |
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Without linking its website only to a few selected tour operators, the Ministry of Tourism should extend its link with the websites of all the Government approved tour operators. |
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Allocation under educational tours/FAM tours for tour operators should also be increased. FAM Tours which have been initiated by the tour operators in overseas markets should be allowed to handle the ground arrangements in India and 50% of the actual cost of such operations by the tour operators should be re-imbursed. |
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