The dominican government before June of this year, it will present a legislative project in which it works to promote the development and competitiveness of dominican airlineswith the aim of making the country a leader in international air connectivity for the Caribbean with North America and Europe, as well as promote domestic flights.
This was revealed by the Minister of Tourism, David Colladohighlighting that the main challenge facing the country to increase the number of tourists is air connectivity.
He indicated that this would also encourage tourists who are in Punta Cana and Bavaro in the Eastern Region take a local flight and visit other national tourist centers such as Barahona, Samaná and others, complementing the tourist offer and achieving largest economic benefit of the sector throughout the country.
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Taxes
He stated that this legislative project will lead to a reduction or exemption in taxes since local airlines must pay 18% ITBIS and others to operate commercially within the country.
In addition, that for Dominican airlines operating in other countries they must pay 27% tax abroad and this takes it out of competitiveness against its competitors.
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“We don’t lose anything by giving it an exemption from ITBIS, because right now not a single peso is being collected and nothing is lost that you don’t have,” he said.
He affirmed that with more local and international airlines, the country will be able to have a better offer and competitiveness with low prices on flights, without one or two companies dominating the market. “By respecting free trade we are going to create competitiveness and stop local airlines from going bankrupt,” Collado emphasized.
