Tourism Alliance fights for tax breaks

TOURISM Alliance believes it is winning the fight for tax breaks for the UK industry.

Chairman Digby Jones said the Government is starting to understand how under-funded the industry is and what “a jewel in the crown” the travel sector is for the country.

Travel employs 2.5 million people and is responsible for around 7% of the country’s gross domestic product.

Jones claimed for every £1 the Goverment gives the industry it makes £25, of which £4 is returned to the Treasury.

He is hopeful the Government will give the industry “substantial financial help” including a tax reduction in the next year.