TAX RELIEF SA HOTELS, RESORTS PARA MAKABANGON SA HAGUPIT NG COVID-19

INAPRUBAHAN ng Board of Investments (BOI) ang tax incentives para sa tourism enterprises na magre-rehabilitate ng kanilang mga pasilidad para sa health at safety  purposes, ayon sa Department of Tourism  (DOT).

“Tax incentives include income tax holiday for three years and duty-free importation of capital equipment,” wika ni Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat sa Kapihan sa Manila Bay forum.

Ayon kay Romulo-Puyat, ang hotels, resorts at tourist transport firms ay may karapatan sa levy breaks. Aniya, hihi­lingin din niya sa

BOI na isama ang tour operators sa listahan ng mga benepisyaryo dahil kailangan din nilang mag-adjust para sa ‘new normal’.

“The incentives would cover renovation of guest rooms, food and beverage outlets, function meeting rooms, recreational areas, other common areas, upgrades of laundry, kitchen, housekeeping and employee facilities, building of full, partial or moveable parti-tions, and installation of thermal scanners and hygiene gates and booths.”

Ikinatuwa naman ng isang industry group ang desisyon ng BOI.

“These BOI incentives will help hotels a lot to pay for their uprates,” sabi ni Arthur Lopez, presidente ng Philippine Hotel Owners Association, sa naturang briefing. CNN PHILIPPINES