BTIA: Tourism Isn't Government's Cash Cow

In her prepared remarks later on, Fleming amplified that position, she said the tourism industry will not be made to pay for government's mistakes.

Lucy Fleming, BTIA President
"Tourism is not a cash cow to be continually coming up with money to plug the holes in a badly managed economy. Such views are myopic, dangerous, and unsustainable because while our neighboring governments offer incentive to tourism industry participants with an eye towards sustainable growth, her eat home we are seeing our accommodations sector, the heart of tourism, assigned the worst possible tax rating under the so-called tax reform."