Wednesday 16 February 2011

Tax break tourism raised again

: Extra days of annual leave is a possibility to entice people to come to Queensland.

The concept of tax incentives to entice domestic travellers to Queensland has resurfaced as a way to help the State's ailing tourism industry.

Talks held recently between the heads of travel industry bodies and premier Anna Bligh also involved giving employees additional annual leave days if they were to travel to Queensland would also help the recovery.

The premier painted a grim picture for the future should the perception that the State is a no-go zone due to recent weather events persist.

“We have a problem on our hands if people think it’s best not to visit,” she said. “We will get the mines working, but they only employ one tenth of what tourism does in our state.”

TTF chief, John Lee suggested giving a 50% tax deduction on the first $1,000 spent on a Queensland holiday.

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steve hull, 25-02-11 13:09:

how about tax incentives for small business !
we need business to be healthy,it means jobs for local people.

the tourists will be back.

not sure how many of us will be here though!!

steve hull, 25-02-11 11:57:

how about tax incentives for small business !
we need business to be healthy,it means jobs for local people.

the tourists will be back.

not sure how many of us will be here though!!

steve hull, 25-02-11 10:28:

how about tax incentives for small business !
we need business to be healthy,it means jobs for local people.

the tourists will be back.

not sure how many of us will be here though!!

Paul Drabble , 17-02-11 12:31:

or the wildlife especially the bats...the green party wont have this happening...

Anthony Renwick , 17-02-11 12:30:

music festival great Idea ......only problem is we can't have loud music in town we must not disturb the wowsers we have running the town now.

Daniel McGrath , 17-02-11 12:29:

yep - do it! A 50% tax exemption would bring in a hell of a lot of people.... It'd be interesting to see if it gets through parliament.
Also, i'd look at the option of putting on a large scale music festival, similar to Splendor in the Grass at Byron Bay. They did it in Phillip Island in Victoria (with the Pyramid Rock Festival) and their local tourism industry nearly doubled it's profits the next financial year.