By GIDEON NYENDWAGOVERNMENT is working on reducing levies that the players in the tourism sector incur to help reduce the cost of doing business, the Minister of Tourism and Arts, Mr Rodney Sikumba has said. Mr. Sikumba said a number of licence fees were being harmonised into a single window that would be affordable to tourism operators.He said the ministry together with the Ministry of Commerce and the councils are working on creating a single window by harmonising some of the licences.Mr. Sikumba said this during a televised interview.Mr. Sikumba said what the private sector does once they are lumped with a levy they do not cushion it but just pass it directly to the consumer thereby making their products and services expensive.He said the government through the Business Review Regulatory Agency (BRRA) will review how many licences a business enterprise should apply for and see how best they can be harmonised into one thing.Mr. Sikumba […]
TOURISM SECTOR SET FOR INCENTIVES – MINISTER
