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Barbados will be going the same route as its Caribbean neighbour Antigua and Barbuda in slashing airport taxes for regional travellers by as much as 50 per cent.<\/span><\/p>

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Minister of Tourism and International Transport Lisa Cummins made the disclosure this morning as she responded to a question from\u00a0<\/span>Barbados TODAY<\/span>\u00a0during the state of the tourism industry update at the Barbados Hilton.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cCabinet has agreed that there is to be a 50 per cent reduction in airport service charge to regional travellers.<\/span><\/p>

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That brings us pretty much in line with what you have been hearing coming out of other markets, and in particular, Antigua . . . that is meant to reduce the taxes on inter-regional travel,\u201d said Cummins.<\/span><\/p>

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She was outlining several measures aimed at breathing new life into the tourism industry and getting more visitors to the island.<\/span><\/p>\n

The move to reduce the taxes came a year after Prime Minister Mia Mottley announced that it was a step her administration was examining.<\/span><\/p>

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Barbados will be going the same route as its Caribbean neighbour Antigua and Barbuda in slashing airport taxes for regional travellers by as much as 50 per cent. 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