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Wed 02 Feb 2010Criticism of 'stupid' travel tax as airlines announce new services
THE GOVERNMENT is losing more in VAT it would receive from growing passenger numbers than the €70 million the exchequer gets from the €10 travel tax, Ryanair chief executive Michael O’Leary claimed yesterday.
He said the travel tax resulted in the State losing around four million tourists last year. A further three million visitors would be lost this year.
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