Friday, 27 November 2009 03:57 DAP-NEWS
(Posted by CAAI News Media)
Siem Reap Municipality and Depart- ment of Tourism have been accused by the Boat Tourism Association (BTA) of asking for a tax of 50 percent
A representative of the Chung Khneas -based BTA on Thursday told DAP News Cambodia that Siem Reap Municipality and Department of Tourism asked for the payments since September, and “if we did not agree to pay the entire contribution amounting to 50 percent to them, they would arrest us and send us to prison.”
But without any official documentation, the BTA refused to pay, he added.
Siem Reap Provincial Department of Tourism Mann Seng Kak rejected the complaints.
“It not our obligation to determine on this, it is referred to the Siem Reap Municipality because we have a committee to purify our environment and ensure security only at Chung Khneas commune,” Seng Kak said
He added that the case had already been passed over to the vice provincial governor.
Vice Provincial Governor Bun Thavrith said only that “It is our internal file,” giving no further details.
The BTA representative said that the association was established since 2003, but in February 2009, we agreed to create the BTA to contribute US$1 per member.
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