TDC director advocates expansion of local tours and excursions

NASSAU, BAHAMAS — The Bahamas needs to develop and promote more local tours and excursions, according to executive director of the Tourism Development Corporation (TDC) Ian Ross Ferguson. Ferguson, who was a panelist on a World Tourism Day webinar hosted by The Counsellors Ltd, revealed that research has indicated that this nation needs to "pay [...]

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Task force to target non-compliant excursion businesses, says DIR

The Department of Inland Revenue is targeting companies in the excursion sector that are not compliant with their value-added tax (VAT) and business license obligations with the help of a task force, Acting Comptroller in the Department of Inland Revenue (DIR) Shunda Strachan said on Friday.

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Excursion operator wants action on those not paying taxes

Local excursion operators who collect and pay value-added tax (VAT) are concerned that their fees are increasing because of, and in spite of, operators whose taxes go uncollected despite their being mandated to pay VAT, noted founder of Reel Dreams Sport Fishing Charters Captain Andoni Lisgaris, who recently lamented the increases leveled on his sector by the ...
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Is Your Excursion Operator Licensed?

NASSAU, BAHAMAS - Our Marlena Leonard spoke with a member of The Bahamas Excursion Operators Association about the push for more people to get licensed.

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Excursion Licensing: "The Benefits Outweigh The Cost"

NASSAU, BAHAMAS - Nicholas Pinder owns and operates Born Free Charters and is a member of The Bahamas Excursion Operators Association.

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Jibrilu wants more on-shore excursions, visitor experiences in tourism sector

Now that The Bahamas is experiencing a spike in tourism, it is time for entrepreneurs to create experiences that will attract more tourists and keep them coming back, Director General in the Ministry of Tourism (MOT) Joy Jibrilu told Guardian Business. As the MOT ratchets [...]

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BASE: Group insurance means more cruise business for excursion operators 

The Bahamas Association of Shore Experiences (BASE) continues to prepare its membership to benefit from more cruise passenger business through a group insurance plan, the association's President Denise Johnson told Guardian Business yesterday. Johnson said there has been significant interest in the insurance scheme, that will allow cruise companies to recommend insured BASE members' products to ....

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Excursion operators call for end to unlicensed operators

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Excursion operator laments low bookings for Jan. and Feb.

Last month, business picked up for one week for excursion operators, then flipped off "like a light switch" after the New Year's Day holiday, president of the Bahamas Excursion Operators Association Andoni Lisgaris told Guardian Business yesterday, adding that no bookings or inquiries have come in for his business for this month or the next. ...
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Changing emergency orders impacting excursion operators, notes?BEOA

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