From 1
July 2017 India will have a new tax. The
Goods and Services Tax (GST) is a country wide tax on all goods and services –
similar to VAT (but there are three bands – depending on the cost of the item). Currently the individual states all set their
own taxes – so GST will bring the whole country under one unified system. Accommodation in hotels, guesthouses,
houseboats, homestays etc will be subject to GST and all bookings taken from 1
July will include this tax.
Thursday, June 29, 2017
Friday, June 9, 2017
Kerala Liberalises Liquor Policy
The
current Kerala government understood that the previous government’s strict
licencing law aimed at reducing the alcohol consumption of the locals was
detrimentally affecting the state’s tourist and conference industries and
pledged to amend them.
A number
of changes have been made including raising the ‘drinking’ age from 21 to 23
and allowing roadside vendors to re-locate and re-employ all the workers that
lost their jobs. From the tourists’ point of view the important changes
are that 3 star hotels and above can apply for a licence and licencing hours in
tourist centres will be increased to 10am - 11pm.
These
changes are to take place from 1 July 2017 and it is hoped that it will correct
the foreign tourists’ perception that Kerala is a ‘dry state’.
Wednesday, May 24, 2017
Popular destination for 2017
India welcomed a record number of international visitors in the
first quarter of 2017. 2.8 million
arrivals in January to March was a 13.7% increase compared to the same quarter
last year and a new record.
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