PANJIM: The President of the Goa Chambers of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) Manoj Caculo in his letter to Chief Minister Pramod Sawant has requested to waive off taxes.
Taking a cue from what the Gujarat government has done in recent past, GCCI urged the chief minister to waive off the house tax, sanitation tax, trade tax, sign board tax etc. applicable to resorts ,small standalone hotels, restaurants, bars, pubs, night clubs and shacks for the period of April 1, 2021 to March 31, 2022.
“The State of Gujarat has already taken such a step to alleviate the sufferings of the tourism and hospitality sector as a whole. This industry being on one of the major contributor to the growth of the State and the government takes note of its plight and take all precautionary steps to protect it from collapsing. Along with the stakeholders there are thousands of jobs, the survival of which is at risk” the letter said.
The letter added that the tourism and hospitality industry is one of the worst sufferer on account of the spread of pandemic as a result of which the hotels, resorts are running empty without much occupancy since the beginning of March last year.
