Travel operators seek one-month tax waiver for out-of-State tourist vehicles during Mysuru Dasara

The Karnataka State Travel Operators’ Association has urged the State government to grant a one-month exemption from entry tax, road tax and special permit fees for tourist vehicles from neighbouring States entering Karnataka during the Mysuru Dasara festival season.

In a representation to Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar, Transport Minister Byrathi Suresh and the Transport Commissioner, the association requested that tourist transport vehicles arriving from Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Goa and Maharashtra be exempted from the applicable taxes and permit fees during the festival period.