Caribbean L 18 ife, January 17-23, 2020
CARIBBEAN ROUNDUP
St. Lucia
The St. Lucia Hotel and Tourism
Association (SLHTA) says the tax on
hotel guests will go into effect from
April this year.
It said that the
accommodation tax will
be charged to guests at
check-in and that is
designed to “ease the
impact of the tax on existing contract
arrangements, ensure implementation
and supplement financial resources for
the Tourism Authority for the next
financial year.”
Government approved the tax, which
is two-tiered and not applicable to
guests under the age of 16 years.
The SLHTA said that a US$3 tax per
night per guest will be applied to guests
staying at a hotel with an average ADR
(average daily rate) while the US$6 tax
per night will be for guests at a hotel
with an average ADR above US$120,
The SLHTA said that the fee is to
be applied to all non-sharing platform
accommodation providers and that the
rate of value-added tax (VAT) on hotel
accommodation providers will be lowered
from ten to seven percent.
Trinidad
Trinidad and Tobago recorded the
second ever highest murder total of
540 last year, compared to 550 in
2008, 494 in 2017 and 516 in 2018, in
which 32 women were murdered.
And already for this
year 15 people were
killed, including three
women as a result of
domestic violence.
Respond to the crime problem in
Trinidad & Tobago Prime Minister,
Dr. Keith Rowley during an interview
with a local television station
on Sunday night, as he prepares to
ask the population for a second fiveyear
term, said citizens should not
only judge his administration solely
on the out of control murder rate
even though he admitted that the
government has not being successful
on crime.
He said runaway crime has been
one of the failings that have tarnished
the PNM administration record of
office with more than 2000 citizens
being killed under their watch, murders
moved from 463 in 2016 to 538
in 2019.
Last year’s figure represented the
second highest murder toll in this
country’s history.
Dr. Rowley believes the entire
country is underestimating the challenge
posed by criminals.
He is optimistic that citizens will
notice results in the coming weeks
and months.
— Compiled by Azad Ali
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