Celestí Alomar was the Balearic tourism minister responsible for the introduction of the ecotax in 2002, which was scrapped after the Partido Popular won the 2003 election. He is no longer a member of PSOE, as he quit the party over its support of the Mariano Rajoy government's application of Article 155 direct rule in Catalonia. In 2016, he gave his backing to the #SenseLímitsNoHiHaFutur manifesto (Without limits there is no future), which among other things sought limits to tourist numbers.
Majorca tourism
"It is essential that the GDP weight of tourism decreases"
Many people share the view that there needs to be a limit to tourist numbers
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Burgundy BlueWell the UK is in no position to lecture anyone that's for sure as London is the money laundering capital of the world.
Marvin Le MartianActually I think Spain is a net contributor to the EU now.
North European economic models are more of a busted flush than the Iberian. The model going forward will be the economies that aren’t hostage to Putin’s whims.
Spain needs to take a long, hard look at it’s economic model and the financial climate it produces. An extremely poor tax regime, scoring low on the international tax rating on many counts. It’s too complicated, burdensome on low income earners and inhibits development from the grassroots. Brits and most other European (northern) people would have kittens if they knew the half of what goes on here in Spain, in terms of tax, autonomo and general money grabbing policies and practices There’s no Knight in white armour coming to save Mallorca or anyone else. You have to invest in creating the opportunities to develop. Spain, has historically and continues to be, an economy that takes more than it gives (to its own) and wider in Europe. That’s the failure of the EU. It’s shameful.
A simple solution would be to make it much cheaper and quicker to set up a business. And make social security payments a percentage of earnings for the self employed. Suddenly you would see the unemployment figures go down, the black economy reduced and more businesses that don't rely on tourism. But no Spanish political party seems to be able to work this out, even though they would end up with more tax and social security money.