Political issues The influences of government, whether nationally or locally can certainly influence the demand and operations of a tourism organisation. Each government collects taxes, licenses, rates and other levies to spend on services to the community. If the services were not required, government would not have to raise revenue. Likewise, because the community expects certain levels of services provided by government, there is a need for government to raise sufficient revenue to enable those services to be provided. Hence policies are introduced to determine how and where revenues can be raised to pay for services to the community. Some economic / political policies that influence a tourism organisation include: Fiscal Policies taxation and levies – Monetary interest – Wages minimum working wages and on-costs – Exchange rates the cost of exchanging one currency into that of another – Ease of travel into and out of a country, visa restrictions – Legislative changes new or amended laws. –
Political issues The influences of government, whether nationally or locally can certainly influence the demand and operations of a tourism organisation. Each government collects taxes, licenses, rates and other levies to spend on services to the community. If the services were not required, government would not have to raise revenue. Likewise, because the community expects certain levels of services provided by government, there is a need for government to raise sufficient revenue to enable those services to be provided. Hence policies are introduced to determine how and where revenues can be raised to pay for services to the community. Some economic / political policies that influence a tourism organisation include: Fiscal Policies – taxation and levies Monetary – interest Wages – minimum working wages and on-costs Exchange rates – the cost of exchanging one currency into that of another Ease of travel – into and out of a country, visa restrictions Legislative changes – new or amended laws.