In addition to the launch of the “Travel Sale”, the end of the zero rate for student tourism was announced, which impacts the price of travel by reducing its price by 6%.
He Minister of Deregulation and State Transformation, Federico Sturzenegger and the Secretary of Tourism, Environment and Sports, Daniel Scioli, announced a series of measures to boost the tourism sector. In addition to the launch of the “Travel Sale”, the end of the zero quota on student tourism was announced, which impacts the price of travel.
What is zero quota?
The zero fee It was a kind of travel guarantee, This was the first thing that had to be paid to the company. It consisted of 6% of the value of the basic package and the company was obliged to deposit it in the Student Tourism Fund, and as proof it had to provide the stamped deposit coupon.
Agencies that have Certificate of authorization to operate in Student Tourism and have declared the destinations and contracted providers to the National Directorate of Travel Agencies, are the only ones authorized to pay the Zero Fee for each graduate and were required to make the deposit within 60 days of signing the contract.
This coupon was useful for when the agency did not fulfill the contract, the Student Tourism Fund covered the established services Law 25,599 on Student Tourism. In this way, the amounts paid by the students were reimbursed or these sums could be paid to a new company that agreed to take charge of the trip, contracted under identical conditions to those originally agreed with the non-compliant agency.
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Zero tuition and graduation trips: what are the changes from now on?
Sturzenegger explained that the regime of “zero quota”, which will have an impact on lower costs for those who hire the service. “We are going to save 6% of the cost of student tourism that was going to this fund that we didn’t even know who it belonged to or where it was,” explained the minister at the opening of the 168th Ordinary Assembly of the Federal Council of Tourism.
“If the company takes out insurance in the event of being unable to make the trip, it is already sufficient, because the insurance company will refund the fees paid to families at that time“, the minister clarified.
Source: Ambito
