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According to the company Forum on Tourism and Transport australia (TTF), The federal government is going to replenish the budget by an amount exceeding $ 1 Billion. due to the introduction of the so-called holiday tax (Holiday tax) on Australians when travelling overseas to such popular destinations, like Bali, Новая Зеландия , including international visitors, who intend to come to the shores of the country during the next fiscal year.

Currently, the Government is already applying an additional fee in the amount of $ 55 for passenger traffic, or weekend tax, for every Australian and international tourist leaving the country by plane or leaving by cruise ship.

Due to this tax is expected to bring the country's budget more $ 1 billion in season 2016-17 gg. Tax was introduced in 1995 to cover costs at the border and to facilitate security procedures on international flights, But since then, its value has skyrocketed, while the cost of providing such services is almost four times lower and equal to $ 247 Million.

«Tax in the amount $ 55 for passenger traffic on Australians and foreign tourists leaving the country had now grown, in fact, a tax on holiday in total $ 1 billion, which is several times higher than the cost of passenger processing services at the border, equal to $ 247 million», said Margie Osmond, CEO of TTF.

«Taking into account the fact that, which is more than 9,4 million Australians travelled overseas last year, The tax on holidays turned into a real money robbery, which goes directly into the coffers of the Federal Government.

«If you buy a ticket cost $ 300 from Sydney to Bali, The $ 55 Of these, the federal government is going to withdraw from you at the expense of the holiday tax. Many travelers have the right to ask a question, And what exactly do they get for their hard-earned money.

«What's worse, We also impose this tax on 7,4 millions of foreign tourists, who choose Australia to visit, and who can easily select other destinations anywhere in the world, where there is no such tax.

"We must ensure the growth of international tourism to Australia by reducing travel costs, rather than enlarging them. Over the past few years, 12 months had more than one million Chinese visitors, that's spent $ 7,7 Billion – This is not something, that we must jeopardize by imposing taxes such as this.

«The Federal Government must use the forthcoming adoption of the federal budget, to confirm, that it would instead support a freeze on the increase in the holiday tax and outline its own plan to reduce the cost of this tax on travelers.

«There is only one direction, In which the Holiday Dachshund should move – only downwards!»