Departure Tax

[kloofnek]

As from 1st October when departing Tunisia,one has to pay a 30 Dinar (approx.£11) departure tax.
What sense is this?..I can understand an Entry tax but to leave ...seems ridiculous to me.

Apparently, it is £45 on exiting Mexico!!!!

[237SJ]

It`s always been the way in a lot of airports. I remember 20+ years ago you had to go to an office in Sydney airport and pay (I think) A$50 to get a little stamp to stick on your ticket. Likewise Antigua.

[boxtops]

Seems like it applies to a lot of countries, kloof. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Departure_tax

We do it too, but lump it in under Air Passenger Duty (see the link in the link)

[ummmm]

You have to pay to leave Ireland as well. 10 Euros if I remember correctly.

[ummmm]

Although they have said they were going to stop it...

[kloofnek]

OK,first time I had heard of it.As I go to Tunisia a lot will just have to pay up.Although last year we took all the family with us..eight in all...glad there was no DT then!!!

[Prudie]

We were in Antigua last Christmas and that's the first time I'd come across this tax. It was BA who listed it in their documentation and to have the $US ready but we actually were never asked for it at the airport at all. Is that wiki list up-to-date? it doesn't have Tunisia on it.

[kloofnek]

Probably not on it cos only just happened this last couple days.My friend has gone to Tunisia today and she got a letter from Thomas Cook on yesterday saying that even though it is not coming into force til 1st October they may be liable in paying it

[atalanta]

Once you are in the country, they really have got you by the s & c's, haven't they ?
If you intend to get out sometime, that is.

[Jeza]

Can't remember how much but you have to pay it on arriving and leaving most Caribbean countries.

[EDDIE51]

A lot of places just call it 'airport tax' same thing in the end.

[New Judge]

Lots of places do this.

When I went to Turkey a few years ago one had to pay £10 (in sterling, not Turkish lira) on leaving. They would not give you change for a £20 note and worse still they would not accept a £20 note for two lots of duty. If you offered them a £20 note they would only provide one ticket. Fortunately I knew about this and told as many of my fellow travellers as I could. But some were not so lucky and ended up paying £40 for a couple. The thieving bar stewards.

[Buenchico]

You pay £13 departure tax to leave the UK for Tunisia. (It's called 'Air Passenger Duty', and included in your fare, but it's really the same thing).

To leave the UK heading for Mexico you currently pay £85.

[knowabit]

so if you don't pay the departure tax, can you just stay in that country?!

[naomi24]

Probably.... in prison.

[237SJ]

Most departure tax these days is incorporated in the airline ticket price. You can`t buy the ticket without paying the tax. As far as the old days are concerned (re the situation in Sydney etc) they wouldn`t let you check in until the tax was paid and you had the little stamp on your ticket. You were sent off with your tail between your legs and told not to come back without it.

[Ellipsis]

Entry to Bali is $35 US and must be paid in US dollars on arrival.

Exit from Bali is 200,000 Indonesian Rupiah and must be paid in Indonesian Rupiah on departure.

So convenient ...

[237SJ]

Most countries that want passengers to pay arrival tax in the airport are countries with soft currencies or sky high inflation - that`s a good source of foreign currency income to them.