Mumbai: With the cruise tourism beginning to pick up in the country, the India Cruise Lines Association (InCLA) has approached the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) seeking certain relaxations including capital subsidy, single window for clearances, tax holidays to develop cruise terminals in more cities, among others.

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In a letter to the PMO, InCLA’s convenor Jurgen Bailom highlighted that the cruise tourism sector in India has shown slow but steady growth. Unfortunately, many global companies are now planning to completely move out of India due to the imposition of central taxes and duties not known to the cruising industry globally, and no ‘regulatory’ support.

In order to retain the business and allow cruise tourism grow further, the regulatory framework needs to be in conjunction and synchronised with the global practices and the tax regime should extend certain privileges for international travellers, said InCLA.

“Government grants and a more liberal tax regime - like tax holidays, will lead to boosting the cruise sector as its evident from several other sunrise industries,” reads the letter.

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Cruise sector seeks govt tailwind