The Iranian government earned 4.1 trillion rials ($29.39 million) from departure tax, which it charges outbound tourists upon departure, during the first five months of the current fiscal year (March 21-Aug. 22, 2018).
The figure indicates a rise of 178.3% compared with the same period of last year, latest data released by the Central Bank of Iran showed.
Revenues from departure tax, which is a subcategory of tax on goods and services of indirect taxes, were estimated to hover around 3.4 trillion rials ($24.37 million) in the five months. The target set in the budget for the current year’s revenues from departure tax is 8 trillion rials ($57.34 million).
Departure tax has increased almost threefold compared with last year’s rate to reach 2.2 million rials ($15.7), with the exception of religious trips, which remained the same as last year’s—375,000 rials ($2.68) for air travel and 125,000 rials (around 90 cents) for road travel.
