Cruises: to encourage national tourism, they make a key change in the service rate

October 31, 2024 – 07:30

The measure was resolved by the National Directorate of Migration and is linked to “strengthening inbound tourism activity.” Until now, fees had to be paid more than once when entering the national territory.

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For encourage local tourism, The Government established that the remuneration rate for services charged for all tourists who enter or leave the territory and pass through different national ports, must be paid only once. However, no changes were made to the amounts.

The measure resolved it National Migration Directorate through Provision 784/2024 published this Thursday in the Official Gazette. “In response to the dynamics of immigration control operations, the relevance of port activity and its elemental influence on policies aimed at strengthen incoming tourism activity, “It is imperative to establish guidelines for the control of passengers who enter and/or leave the National Territory by sea and who are subject to tax,” the organization justified.

In its article 1, Migrations stated that “it is imperative to establish that the service remuneration rate It will be completed by each passenger and only once, on the occasion of the first departure from the National Territory when the journey is part of an itinerary that I will cover calls in different national ports and whenever the data reported by each person responsible in each request is corresponding.”