The sector Minister, Elizabeth Ofosu Agyare, who briefed Parliament about the status of the Tourism Development Fund in Accra on Tuesday, said the amount was recorded from November 2012 to October 31, 2015.
She told members that in order to rake in more money for the State, the process of certification for the 1% Tourism Levy and its scope in now being expanded to cover all the enterprises that have been enumerated in a Schedule to the Act 817, 2011.
Measures, she said, have also been put in place to ensure that all the certificated enterprises, mandated to charge and collect the 1% Tourism Levy are complying and making accurate and full disclosure into the Fund.
She was reponsding to a question posed by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament (MP) for Nsawam-Adoagyiri, Frank Annoh-Dompreh on how much has accrued into the Tourism Development Fund from October 2012 to date.
The 1% Tourism Levy, as embodied in the Tourism Act (Act 817) became operation following the enactment of the Legislative Instrument (L.I. 2185,2012).
The process began with progressive registration and certification of accommodation and catering establishments in phases after a nationwide stakeholder engagement to sensitize them on the 1% Toursim Levy in October 2012.
By: Kasapafmonline.com
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