Addressing a joint press conference, Raja Amjad Khan, President Guest House Association, said that minimum rates have been given to guest houses by the management.
Raja Amjad Khan said that the implementation of sales tax will limit the tourism activities in the Neelum Valley, for the promotion of tourism, the Neelum Valley should be declared as a tax-free zone.
Demanding that the Prime Minister should issue a tax-free zone notification to Neelum tourism by September 28, President Gashouse said that protest sit-ins will be started at tourist spots after the deadline.
Abdul Rasheed Khan President of Anjuman Tajran Neelam said that Public Action Committee declares full support to the demand of the Anjuman Tajran Guest House Association, there is a conspiracy to end Neelam tourism by imposing general sales tax, President Anjuman Tajran said. He said that the Prime Minister should avoid the policy of taking bread from the mouths of the people.
