O le malo o Saint Lucia i le maeʻa ai o feutanaiga faifai pea ma tele i le lua tausaga ua tuanaʻi ma paaga autu i le atinaʻe o turisi, o le a faia se lafoga a le malo e igoa ia. "Turisi Levy". Tupe maua na aoina mai lenei lafoga ua faʻatulagaina mo turisi maketiga ma atinae. O le faʻatinoina o lenei lafoga ina ua maeʻa le faʻatulafonoina o le Tulafono o Tagata Tafafao ma le Teuteuga o le Tulafono o Tagata Tafafao o Saint Lucia Nu.8 o le 2017.

Amata ia Tesema 1,2020, o malo e nonofo i ofisa resitaraina tautua tautua o le a manaʻomia le totogiina o se lafoga faʻatulafonoina mo le latou nofoga. I le lua tier system, o le a totogia tagata asiasi i le US $ 3.00 poʻo le US $ 6.00 i le tagata i le po, fuafua i le tau o le potu i lalo pe ova atu i le US $ 120.00. O le fua faatatau o le 50% o le Turisi Levy o le a faʻaaogaina i malo e 12 i le 17 tausaga i le iʻuga o le latou nofo. O le pili e le faʻatatau i tamaiti i lalo o le 12 tausaga. O loʻo manaʻomia le resitalaina o tautua e resitaraina ma aoina le lafoga ma lafo i le pulega pulega.

I se faʻaopopoga, o le Malo o Saint Lucia faʻamalosia mai ia Tesema 1, 2020 o le a faʻaititia le Tau Faʻaopopo Lafoga (VAT) mai le sefulu pasene (10%) i le fitu pasene (7%) mo apitaga mo tagata tafafao maimoa tautua tautua.

O le turisi Levy o le a faʻamalosia le agavaʻa mo Saint Lucia o se turisi taunuʻuga e faʻatele ai ana maketi ma ia lagolagoina turisi atinaʻe i Saint Lucia ma se lafoga e fesoʻotaʻi ma tagata asiasi mai. Ona o lea, o tupe maua mai e ala i lenei lafoga, o le a faatatauina i galuega a le Pulega o Turisi a Saint Lucia, Atinaʻe o Turisi a le Nuu, ma le Fono a Tagata Tafafao.

Minisita mo tagata tafafao maimoa - Na saunoa le sui faipule o Dominic Fedee, "O Saint Lucia e lelei ona faaauau pea i le auala o le siitia o tagata asiasi mai ma e ui lava ina faaauau pea ona tatou feoaʻi i lenei taimi o faigata, o le tatou sini ia mautinoa o le SLTA e mafai ona ia gafataulimaina. O le vaegatupe sa tuʻuina atu e tusa ma le $ 35 miliona e tatau ona tuʻuina atu i isi vaega manaʻomia i totonu o vaega taua o aʻoaʻoga, puipuiga o le atunuʻu, ma le soifua maloloina. Matou te faʻafetaia le SLHTA ma fale mautotogi kamupani mo le taliaina o le auala o le a faʻatino ai lenei lafoga ma mo le galulue faʻatasi ma le SLTA agai i lenei faʻamoemoe. "

O lafoga ma lafoga a turisi e masani ona faʻataʻitaʻia i le tele o nofoaga, e aofia ai ma lafoga e tele atu nai lo le Saint Lucia, o atunuʻu ia e aofia ai Kanata, Italia ma Amerika. I se faʻaopopoga, o le tele o atunuʻu Caribbean pei Antigua ma Barbuda, Barbados, Belize, Jamaica, Saint Kitts ma Nevis ma Saint Vincent ma le Grenadines na faʻaaogaina tutusa lafoga i luga o apitaga mo tagata asiasi. Faʻatasi ai ma le faʻatinoina o le Turisi Levy ma le faʻaititia o le VAT, o lenei tuʻufaʻatasia o lafoga i mea e nonofo ai i Saint Lucia i totonu o le pito maualalo i le OECS ma le CARICOM, ma isi turisi nofoaga i le lalolagi atoa.

Faʻaopopoina lona leo, Peresitene o le Saint Lucia Hospitality ma Turisi Asosi - Na taʻua e Mrs Karolin Troubetzkoy e faapea: "O a matou faletalimalo o Saint Lucia talisapaia le taua o le talafeagai faatupeina Pulega Pulega e faalauiloa le taunuuga ma faatumauina le tatou tauvaga mataala e ala i le atinaeina atili o le tatou ofoofogia ma eseese ituaiga o motu aafiaga. O le mafuaʻaga lea matou te lagolagoina ai le faʻalauiloaina o lenei lafoga lafoga ma o le a faia le mea sili e faʻafaigofie ai lona faʻatinoga. "

Ona o le lala sooupu e gafa ma le faʻafoeina o le Levy, o le Saint Lucia Turisi Pulega o le a amataina le faʻagasologa o le lesitalaina o le faʻatonutonuina fale mautotogi kamupani i le motu. A maeʻa loa ona lesitalaina, o le a faʻafesoʻotaʻi e nei kamupani tuʻufaʻatasia a latou paʻaga alamanuia mai faʻavaomalo vaʻavaʻaia kamupani ma resitalaina 'upega tafaʻilagi mo le aoina o le totogi mai malo.

O loo faaauau pea ona avea Saint Lucia ma taunuuga o filifiliga silisili i le lalolagi atoa i vaega taua o le alofa, meaʻai, kuka, maulu, aiga ma le soifua maloloina ma le soifua manuia.

OA MEA E AVEA MAI LENEI TUSI:

The Tourism Levy will strengthen the ability for Saint Lucia as a tourism destination to increase its marketing and to support tourism development in Saint Lucia with a tax that correlates to visitor arrivals.
With the implementation of the Tourism Levy and the reduction of VAT, this combination puts taxation on accommodation in Saint Lucia among the lowest in the OECS and CARICOM, and other tourist destinations globally.
Tourism Minister- Honourable Dominic Fedee said, “Saint Lucia is well placed to continue along the trajectory of increasing its visitor arrival capacity and although we continue to navigate through this time of crisis, our aim is to ensure that the SLTA is self-sustainable.