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George Osborne’s pledge to freeze April’s proposed hike in Air Passenger Duty (APD) until next year will “not be sufficient in itself” to boost the UK’s competitiveness, according to UKinbound. In his Budget 2011, the


chancellor said he had been unable to replace the per pas- senger tax with a per plane tax under international law. However, Osborne said:


“With the heſty duty rise last year, and with the cost pres- sures on families, we think it would be fair to delay this April’s Air Passenger Duty rise to next year.” UKinbound chief executive Mary Rance


responded by saying: “Te APD freeze will simply not be sufficient in itself to move the UK up the rankings to become one of the top five destinations in the world.


Tis month’s proposed APD increase has been delayed until next year “UK still taxes travel at a much higher level


than any other European country. Te chancel- lor is sticking a plaster on the wound.” Board of Airline Representatives in the UK


chief executive Mike Carrivick, added: “Te decision not to increase APD is a welcome development but does not go far enough.”


Competition Commission repeats BAA airport sale call peTe hAymAn


BAA will still have to sell two more airports aſter the Competition Commission (CC) said the measure was “fully justified” Te commission announced that it had con- sidered whether there had been any changes to


the circumstances since publishing its report on BAA in March 2009. However, the CC has now provisonally con-


cluded that BAA should still be required to offload London Stansted and either Edinburgh or Glasgow airports.


Staycations ‘not just a recessionary fad’ Tom wAlker


Most data suggest that the recession has helped to fuel a steady increase in the number of Brits preferring to spend their holidays in the UK. But the trend, dubbed


‘staycationing’ by marketers in 2008, is likely to stay even if the economic environment keeps improving, according to new research published by BDRC Continental. In its annual Holiday


Survey, the company claims that nearly half of Brits are now seriously considering staying in the UK for their main holiday this year (2011) compared with 39 per cent last year and 29 per cent in 2009. BDRC Continental director Steve Mills said: “Te fact that the UK holiday revival has been


Read Leisure Opportunities online: www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/digital Te study found that nearly half of Brits are considering a UK holiday


founded on a conscious decision to stay based on positive experiences and improved service rather than an inability to afford to travel abroad gives cause for optimism.”


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