Tour Operator and Activity Provider Licensing Tour operator fees Fact Sheet June 2018 Fees for standard tour operator licenses What is the purpose of a licence? The fees for standard tour operator licences are shown The tour operator licensing system provides a consistent in Table 1. legislative framework for licensing commercial tourism and commercial recreation activity on public land and waters in Victoria. Licensing provides land managers and government with assurances that tour operators and activity providers are: implementing risk management measures associated with a tour or activity Table 1: Summary of standard tour operator licence fees meeting relevant safety standards Fee for Category complying with environment protection conditions. 2018/2019 Annual fee standard one year licence – Tour operator licence fee regulations $300.30 The tour operator licence fee Regulations ensure public Annual fee standard licence greater – $235.50 land managers charge consistent state-wide fees and than one year (per year) recover a reasonable proportion of licence Use fee adulta. – $2.40 administration costs. The fees have two parts, an annual licence fee and a Use fee (16 years and under) and – $1.60 use fee (based on visitor numbers). This means that the school studenta. majority of fees are collected on a proportional use Use fee cap $14,720.80 basis, thus reducing the financial burden for operators. Per head per day Why are the fees charged? The annual licence fee for standard tour operator The fees reflect the need to effectively manage licences is fixed to the identified number of fee units as environmental and public safety issues that arise from set out in the Regulations. The value of a fee unit is nature-based tourism. The licence fees allow public land indexed annually by a rate set by the Treasurer, managers to recover a reasonable proportion of licence ensuring that the value of fees is not eroded by price administration costs. Full cost recovery has not been set increases over time. It is published in the Government in recognition of the health, cultural, and educational Gazette and major newspapers. benefits of activities on public land. The annual licence fee for a standard one year tour operator licence is 20.78 fee units, or 16.3 fee units for
Tour Operator and Activity Provider Licensing Tour operator fees Fact Sheet June 2018 What is the purpose of a licence? The tour operator licensing system provides a consistent legislative framework for licensing commercial tourism and commercial recreation activity on public land and waters in Victoria. Licensing provides land managers and government with assurances that tour operators and activity providers are: implementing risk management measures associated with a tour or activity meeting relevant safety standards complying with environment protection conditions. Tour operator licence fee regulations The tour operator licence fee Regulations ensure public land managers charge consistent state-wide fees and recover a reasonable proportion of licence administration costs. The fees have two parts, an annual licence fee and a use fee (based on visitor numbers). This means that the majority of fees are collected on a proportional use basis, thus reducing the financial burden for operators. Why are the fees charged? The fees reflect the need to effectively manage environmental and public safety issues that arise from nature-based tourism. The licence fees allow public land managers to recover a reasonable proportion of licence administration costs. Full cost recovery has not been set in recognition of the health, cultural, and educational benefits of activities on public land. Fees for standard tour operator licenses The fees for standard tour operator licences are shown in Table 1. Table 1: Summary of standard tour operator licence fees Category Fee for 2018/2019 Annual fee – standard one year licence $300.30 Annual fee – standard licence greater than one year (per year) $235.50 Use fee – adulta. $2.40 Use fee – (16 years and under) and school studenta. $1.60 Use fee cap $14,720.80 Per head per day The annual licence fee for standard tour operator licences is fixed to the identified number of fee units as set out in the Regulations. The value of a fee unit is indexed annually by a rate set by the Treasurer, ensuring that the value of fees is not eroded by price increases over time. It is published in the Government Gazette and major newspapers. The annual licence fee for a standard one year tour operator licence is 20.78 fee units, or 16.3 fee units for
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