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I've always looked down at countries that charged a fee to foreigners leaving. It just struck me as a last minute theft.
Now we're one of the countries. Good work Barack! Now we have one more thing in common with Nicaragua!
Friend of mine from South Africa says he has on several occassions been made to forfeit cash to the goons at the airport before he was allowed to leave.....I dont think it was national policy though. 
It pissed me off both times I had to pay to leave Jamaica.
Technically, you're not really paying an exit fee, are you? Aren't you just paying your entry fee at the end of the visit? I think that's how they explained it to me in Costa Rica and Belize.
Technically, you're not really paying an exit fee, are you? Aren't you just paying your entry fee at the end of the visit? I think that's how they explained it to me in Costa Rica and Belize.
Whatever makes you feel better. Foreigners typically spend a good amount of money when visiting a country. Hotels, airfare, car rentals, meals. There's plenty of tax base in there already.
Last edited by DIAF (2010-03-05 07:03:26)
Friend of mine from South Africa says he has on several occassions been made to forfeit cash to the goons at the airport before he was allowed to leave.....I dont think it was national policy though.
It absolutely is national policy. South Africans aren't allowed to export money. It keeps a residue of the functional class around.
Bahamas does it to. I believe it was $10-15 dollars back in '96.
The comments to that article are pretty telling.
It pissed me off both times I had to pay to leave Jamaica.
Did you tell the guards "Jamaican me crazy!"?
I don't mind this sort of tax. It's not against US citizens and it will help pay the bills.
Who are the people that are "foreigners who do not pay for visas to enter the U.S."? Mexicans and Canadians?
I don't mind this sort of tax. It's not against US citizens and it will help pay the bills.
Who are the people that are "foreigners who do not pay for visas to enter the U.S."? Mexicans and Canadians?
Pretty much anyone, no?
If a european goes on a trip to the US, they have to get a visa? 
Bahamas does it to. I believe it was $10-15 dollars back in '96.
The comments to that article are pretty telling.
Like the one that pointed out the math?
The association says the U.S. welcomed 2.4 million fewer overseas visitors last year than in 2000. And that, the group says, has cost it an estimated $509 billion in total spending and $32 billion in direct tax receipts.
509 Billion Dollars lost / 2.4 million vistors = $212,083 dollars in spending per vistor.
32 billion dollars in direct tax receipts / 2.4 million visitors = $13,333.33 in taxes per visitor.
Even if you're trying to use a multiplier effect, those numbers don't make sense in the real world.
Then again, in a world where C4C ends up costing $24,000 for each car sold that wouldn't have been sold anyways, or where it costs $57,000 to weatherize a home...maybe those numbers do make sense?
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