{"id":17944,"date":"2024-02-02T13:31:46","date_gmt":"2024-02-02T12:31:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.visamundi.co\/?p=17944"},"modified":"2024-02-02T13:31:46","modified_gmt":"2024-02-02T12:31:46","slug":"maurice-entry-tax-increase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.visamundi.co\/en\/blog\/maurice-taxe-entree-augmentation\/","title":{"rendered":"Mauritius drastically increases its HH entry tax"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mauritius has recently decided to significantly increase its HH entry tax for travelers, from 35 $ to 60 $ per adult and from 17.5 $ to 30 $ per child. This surprise decision not only affects future travel, but also applies retroactively to bookings already made.<!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>The reasons given by the Mauritian authorities<\/h2>\n<p>The increase in the Mauritius entry tax can be attributed to 2 main factors:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The need for <strong>financing reconstruction<\/strong> after cyclone Belal last January, which caused extensive damage on the island.<\/li>\n<li>The desire to<strong>increase the tourism sector's contribution to the national budget<\/strong>given the island's dependence on this sector.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>While these reasons are understandable, the increase was implemented without prior warning or consultation with key players in the tourism sector, such as travel agencies, airlines or hoteliers.<\/p>\n<h2>What's in it for tourism professionals and travellers?<\/h2>\n<p>The sudden and retroactive increase of the HH entry tax in Mauritius has a significant impact on tourism professionals and travelers:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Travel agencies and tour operators must now incorporate this increase into their current quotations, but do not wish to assume this additional cost for bookings already made.<\/li>\n<li>Many customers may be unhappy with this sudden increase, especially if it is applied retroactively to trips they have already paid for.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here are a few tips for travelers and tourism professionals affected by this increase in the HH entry tax to Mauritius:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Travelers who have not yet booked their stay in Mauritius should take this new tax into account when drawing up their budget. <em>It may be useful to check with your travel agent or airline whether the tax is included in the price of your ticket or package.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>For those who have already booked and paid for their trip, contact your travel agency or airline to find out about the<strong>retroactive application of this tax<\/strong> and possible measures to deal with them.<\/li>\n<li>Tourism professionals may consider contacting the Mauritian authorities to express their concerns and suggest solutions to minimize the impact of this increase on their business.<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mauritius has recently decided to significantly increase its HH entry tax for travelers, from 35 $ to 60 $ per adult and from 17.5 $ to 30 $ per child. This surprise decision not only affects future travel, but also applies retroactively to bookings already made.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[57],"class_list":["post-17944","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-afrique","tag-maurice"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visamundi.co\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17944","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visamundi.co\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visamundi.co\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visamundi.co\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visamundi.co\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17944"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.visamundi.co\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17944\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visamundi.co\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visamundi.co\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visamundi.co\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}