There’s some good news from the British market for Barbados and other Caribbean holiday destinations.
The British government yesterday announced a further ease in the air passenger duty (APD). It is to be scrapped for children under 12 from next May, with the move extended to under-16s in 2016.
The measure follows an announcement in March to cut the tax on long-haul flights – to take effect in April – after lobbying by the Caribbean and the air industry as a whole.
The Caribbean Tourism Organisation (CTO), whose chairman is Barbados’ Minister of Tourism Richard Sealy, welcomed the latest announcement by the British Chancellor of the Exchequer (finance minister) George Osborne. (ES)
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