New measures to support tourism approved. Another 500 million for the hardest hit sector

An amendment guaranteeing an additional half a billion euros for tourism was approved tonight. "With an amendment approved tonight in the House committee, an additional package of measures for tourism was approved for a total amount of 505 million euros in 2021," said MiBACT Minister Dario Franceschini. "These are four important interventions for the sector most severely affected by the effects of the pandemic.“ ”I thank the committee,“ the minister added, ”for the important work done that reinforces with an additional half a billion euros the support measures for a strategic sector for the country.“ Among the measures approved to be noted, ”theexemption of the first installment IMU 2021 for tourist accommodation facilities, bathing establishments, fairs, dance halls worth 225 million euros, theextension of the rental tax credit for the entire tourism sector, including travel agencies and tour operators, until April 30, 2021, worth 160 million euros. The refinancing of the Travel Agencies, Tour Operators, Tour Guides and Escorts and Uncovered Tourist Buses Emergency Fund, which is also extended to tourist accommodation businesses, worth 100 million euros. Finally, the increasein funds of the tax credit renovation of tourist accommodation facilities, which thus increases in 2021 from 180 to 200 million euros."

“With this additional package of measures,” Franceschini concludes, “the commitment put in place since the early days of the pandemic to deal with the crisis of a strategic sector for the country is strengthened, and new measures will soon arrive for the sectors most affected by the additional measures adopted for the holiday season.”

New measures to support tourism approved. Another 500 million for the hardest hit sector

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