How can the tourism Ultramarin?
Tuesday 25 November 2008
During the first conference of overseas tourism that took place on 21 November 2008, organized at the initiative of Yves Jego, Secretary of State for Overseas, the government announced several measures to boost tourism in these regions, increasing competition from other destinations Caribbean or Indian Ocean, cheaper and / or less taxed than ultramarine departments.
Among the main measures:
- Definition of a true positioning "marketing" of these territories with the help of the State (via odit France)
- Financial support for the tourism industry: 80% reduction in their taxable corporate income tax, business tax and property tax. Hotels of less than 100 rooms will receive a grant for the renovation of their rooms, in addition to the exemption. The exceptional investment fund will intervene in 2009 on projects.
- Encourage low-cost airlines serving overseas to reduce ticket prices to these destinations. Work of canvassing all the companies' low cost 'of the world began to be undertaken in order to play full competition
- Creating a new platform for promoting and marketing online voyageoutremer.com