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A few
travel
truths:
•
There’s no cheap travel in the Caribbean
– LIAT air fares are more than
four times higher
than intra-European air fares on a per-mile basis
•
Taxation is killing regional travel
– Between 2009-2016, taxes increased by
56%
*
– On current ticket BGI-SKB-BGI, taxes/charges =
60%
of total price
•
Hence: we don’t visit each other
– LIAT traffic down
33%
over 10 years*
•
Tourists don’t go island-hopping
– But many would, if it was feasible - and cheap
* Presentation by LIAT CEO Mrs. Julie Reifer-Jones, ICAO Air Transport Meeting, Guyana, 2018