#1515: Airport taxes etc. : One last example

[Robert Corbett <bcorbett@netcom.com>]

From: Hoover, Julie H. <Hoover@pbworld.com>


>  Aruba recently went through a terminal expansion program, and used the
> departure tax to finance some portion of it.  Usually the departure tax is
> used for airport projects, however in some instances the money has been
> dedicated to other  "politically correct"  projects as well, such as city
> public works, parks and recreation, etc. It is not unusual to see
> departure taxes very high, but this one seems especially high.   I think
> Aruba's was in the $20-25 range.   
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