ʻAʻole e hōʻemi ʻia ka poʻe malihini kipa i UK e ka VAT kiʻekiʻe, e hāʻawi ana i ka nāwaliwali o ka sterling e kūʻē i nā kālā inbound, e hōʻike ana i kahi hōʻike i hoʻokuʻu ʻia i nehinei (Mei 25) ma ka WTM Vision Conference-London.

Ua haʻi aku ʻo Euromonitor International Head of Travel and Tourism Research Caroline Bremner i nā ʻelele i kēia kakahiaka he ʻoi aku ka nui o ke kumukūʻai ma mua o ka ʻauhau o ka ʻāina, ʻoiai ʻo ia ka mea i kumu.

ʻO ka nāwaliwali o Sterling e kūʻē i ka euro e hoʻokipa ai ka UK i nā malihini mai nā mākeke koʻikoʻi e like me Farani a me Kelemānia, wahi a Bremner. I ka manawa like, ua hoʻoikaika ʻia ka sterling e kūʻē i ke kālā, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka UK i ka mākeke inbound US nui i ka wā pōkole a me ka manawa waena. ʻO ka male aliʻi hou e hoʻonui i ka poʻe malihini kipa i kēia makahiki, kahi e huikau ai ke kiʻi.

Eia kekahi, ʻo ka hōʻike - Travel Industry Global Overview - i ʻōlelo ʻia ka piʻi ʻana o ka VAT o UK i 20% i kēia makahiki e loaʻa ka hopena i ka hoʻolimalima ʻana o nā malihini, ʻoiai ma UK, e ʻōlelo ana "e hoʻonui ʻia ka VAT e pili i nā kipa hou ʻana i ka wā lōʻihi." Ua ʻōlelo ʻia hiki ke hoʻi mai nā malihini akā no ka manawa pōkole a i ʻole e ʻimi i nā koho hale ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi e hōʻemi i nā kumukūʻai.

Hiki i ka ʻoihana inbound UK ke hakakā i kēia ma ka nānā ʻana i ka ʻike malihini a me ka lawelawe mea kūʻai aku e hōʻoia i ka waiwai o ka UK no ke kālā.

Eia nō naʻe, ʻoiai ke hoʻonui nei ke aupuni UK i ka VAT ma ke ʻano he hoʻolālā hōʻemi deficit, ua hoʻokuʻu nā wahi ʻē aʻe i kā lākou uku VAT i mea e huki ai i nā malihini. No ka laʻana, ua hōʻemi ʻo Ireland i kāna helu VAT mai 13% a i 9%.

"ʻO ka hoʻonui ʻana o ke aupuni UK i ka VAT ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o ka papahana hōʻemi deficit e kū like me nā ʻāina ʻē aʻe e hana nei i nā hana wiwo ʻole e hoʻoikaika i kā lākou hoʻokūkū mākaʻikaʻi ma o ka hōʻemi ʻana i ka VAT i ka hoʻoikaika ʻana i ka loaʻa kālā kūloko a me ka komo ʻana," wahi a Bremner.

Ma keʻano holoʻokoʻa, e mau ana ka maikaʻi me ka hōʻea ʻana mai i nā huaʻōlelo maoli e hoʻonui ana i ka makahiki ma luna o 2010-2015, a hiki i 32.1 miliona mau hōʻea i loko i hoʻohālikelike ʻia me 29.3 miliona ma 2010. No kēia makahiki, manaʻo ʻo Euromonitor International i 29.9 miliona. I ka makahiki 'Olumepika, pono ka UK e hoʻokipa i 32 miliona, me ka hāʻule i 2013 i 30.9 miliona.

Ma luna o ka manawa like, ʻo ka UK outbound traffic e plateau ma kahi o 60 miliona, ma lalo o kona pae mua o ka pilikia o 67 miliona.

Ua hāʻawi ʻia ka hōʻike Euromonitor International, nona ka £ 1000, i nā poʻe a pau i hele mai i ka WTM Vision Conference-London ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o kā lākou uku hele. ʻO ka hanana ke kolu o ka WTM Vision Conference i kēia makahiki, ma hope o nā hanana kūleʻa ma Milan a me Dubai.

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Pelekikena World Travel Market Fiona Jeffery: “He hōʻailona maikaʻi nā ʻike o ka hōʻike no ka ʻoihana inbound UK. ʻOiai, me nā ʻāina ʻē aʻe e hōʻemi ana i ka VAT e huki i ka poʻe malihini, ʻaʻole pono e ʻoluʻolu ka ʻoihana inbound, ʻoiai ʻo ka hoʻololi ʻana i nā kumukūʻai hiki ke loaʻa ka hopena maikaʻi ʻole i nā helu malihini.

WTM Vision Conference–London ua hoʻonohonoho ʻia me ka Kingley Event Management a kākoʻo ʻia e ka ʻinikua hui, reinsurance, a me nā hui lawelawe ʻo Mapfre Assistance.

He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:

“The UK government's increase in VAT as part of the deficit reduction program stands in sharp contrast to other countries that are taking bold steps to boost their tourism competitiveness by reducing VAT in an effort to stimulate domestic and inbound tourism revenues,” Bremner said.
Although, with other countries reducing VAT to attract visitors, the inbound industry should not be complacent, especially as a shift in exchange rates could have a detrimental impact on the visitor numbers.
At the same time, sterling has strengthened against the dollar, making the UK less attractive to the key US inbound market in the short to medium term.