Tourist tax revenue to again be used for "original purposes"
Tourist tax revenue has been diverted to other uses because of the pandemic.
47 days of rain: the week in Mallorca
A Balearic government prophecy was longer than that of a fourth-century martyr; the vax centres were doing a roaring trade; and the hoteliers were given short shrift.
The tourist tax is an "ecofarce"
The Partido Popular opposition in agreement with the hoteliers regarding the tax.
Mallorca hoteliers rebel against the tourist tax in 2022
Use of tourist tax revenue has become "distorted", while the government is anticipating European funds for tourism investment in 2022.
Vaccination, vaccination, vaccination: the week in Mallorca
The great unvaxxed were a suitable case for Covid passport treatment; ventilation will be a gift this Christmas; and there were some alternative tourists in Palma.
Tourism minister defends sponsorship of Ed Sheeran event in Palma
Covid funds and not strictly tourist tax funds were used for music awards sponsorship.
Opposition to demand tourist tax spending explanations
Funding for the Los40 Music Awards has prompted the PP to demand answers.
The Blog: Regional nationalism and the tourist tax
Why was a tourist tax introduced in the first place?
Why was a tourist tax introduced in the first place?
Why was a tourist tax introduced in the first place?
Tourists in Menorca
Tourist tax revenue for 2020 was clearly going to fall dramatically.
Tourist tax revenue was 100 million euros lower in 2020
Modifications have been made to tourist tax settlement and estimations.
A one cent tourist tax special offer
The increasing number of tourists was to famously be highlighted in March 1932.
Tourists at a hotel paying for the tourist tax
Tourists at a hotel paying for the tourist tax.
Letters to the Editor
A reader sends us his brief opinion on the change in the amount of the tourist tax to be paid by visitors.
The week in Tourism
Recalculating the tourist tax
Where tourist tax revenue is concerned, the original figure of 128 million euros is expected to be downgraded to between 12 and 24 million, a range which is optimistic.
The week in Tourism
The minister's competitiveness contradiction
The extent to which the tax has been responsible for a decline in tourist numbers (pre-virus crisis, obviously) cannot be proven.
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Comment
Comment: Scrap the tax
“The local government should consider a voluntary contribution...”
Jason Moore05/03/2022 09:59