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<span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">NATTA, as a representative body of tour and travel agents, believes the imposition of VAT on air tickets for international travel would negatively impact the tourism sector. </span></span></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif"">NATTA, as a representative body of tour and travel agents, believes the imposition of VAT on air tickets for international travel would negatively impact the tourism sector. </span></span></span></p>
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