Foreign visitors to Goa have nearly halved from their pre-Covid peak even as domestic tourism is booming.
The government says the levy will help local businesses benefit "even more" from tourism.
A £12m active travel route between Hawick and Selkirk would travel past the new holiday village.
Visitors from France were up by 60% compared with the same period last year, new figures say.
The travel operator says customers are delaying booking holidays over Iran war concerns.
New air routes and increased capacity show a "strong vote of confidence in Jersey", bosses say.
The capital is ranked above Paris and New York for its large, quality, accessible cultural scene.
Two firms say they have seen a rise in bookings, with shorter and last-minute bookings also a trend.
Keli Holiday, one half of electronic duo Peking Duk, was detained at the US-Canada border on Friday.
