16/08/2016 00:00
I paid the tourist tax last weekend and along with thousands of others I did not grumble, call the ministry for tourism or even mutter a bad word. I paid it and that is it. For months, before the introduction of the controversial levy, many people (myself included) forecast a summer of discontent. But nothing. I would say that the introduction of the tax has been completely trouble-free. I suspect that there may have been some moans and groans but nothing on a major scale.
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The amount of LITTER all over the Island requires a major clean up campaign. Perhaps ?, money from the TT , could be spent on cleaning up the Island?. I wonder !!!.
How is this TT accounted. ? Why do i feel suspicious of the Hotels etc, in effecting creative accountancy. Who is going to check the Hotels TT takings. Once again, the Hotels are quiet, because they are already taking more than the Lions Share of Tourists money, through ALL INCLUSIVE Tariffs. Please investigate this question. Will TT takings be published?. Will the spending of TT be published, in ALL the Urbanisations?
It's much to early to see whether tourists will accept the Ecotasa or not of course. They had no choice this year except to cancel their holidays. It's a mistake anyway, as you'll see the money won't be spent in the corresponding tourist areas that need modernising so badly, or wasted on tourist-irellevant ideas, or slipped into more brown envelopes.On top of their UK living costs increasing, and along with the free-falling exchange rate, it could be that the Ecotasa was final straw for many tourists next year. Next summer we'll see if Biel Barcelo has made yet another blunder. Too early to celebrate, we'll be holding our breath's until next summer Jason.