tourist tax is turning so many people away forcing them to spend more time in hotel with all inclusive packages and the bars & restaurant places keep pace Its good by from me and good by from family & friends !

I booked my forthcoming holiday in may to majorca unaware of the tourist tax the holiday itself was dear enough so having to pay another 80-100 euros when we arrive has blown me away the only thing this is going to do is scare people away from holidaying there. Have been to majorca a few times but this will be my last there is a big world out there with long haul prices not looking too bad now. As for my holiday this year I will not be spending in local shops,bars and markets like we usually do and be staying strictly to our all inclusive hotel as we are now 100 euros down on our spending money. So I think this will affect your local shops bars etc. Good luck majorca

Looking at this year's holiday prices well let's just saying won't be coming this summer and by adding this tourist tax you will have less visitors. I gaurantee those tourists that are unaware of this tax won't be back next year, I gaurantee with the price increase of holidays you will struggle to get the numbers next year. Good luck Majorca.

Thanks. The ones here do as well, but many of them are still of mainland stock and prefer to keep their heads down and mouths shut. The other problem is the language barrier and being a small island the power held generally by the those who are locals, although some of the leaders of newish parties aren’t and are worse than the home bred ones.

Can only speak for Crete but forget the tax,food,drink at least one third cheaper and the Cretan equivalent of tapas (which is fast disappearing in Mallorca) is so generous that we have to say no more as we are having a meal .The restaurants even drive you back to your accommodation.The bar owners,restaurant owners it’s fair to say despise the politicians and maybe those in Mallorca will find their voice eventually.

Sorry, that should read “those who” and not “those that” ( collect the tax )

John, question. How much cheaper will your holiday be in Greece compared to Mallorca, not including of course, the tourist tax ?The 10% VAT tax will have the added benefit of making sure that all those that collect the tourist tax will make sure that it is handed over to the proper authorities and not forgotten in some bottom draw, as if it were, the central tax office (Madrid) would come down on them like a ton of bricks or anything else that may cause stress and confusion.

Can understand Greece due to the state of their economy,(who has the most incompetent politicians Mallorca v Greece) but with Mallorca it is pure greed. Will be going Greece this year and happy to pay,not happy to pay this summer Mallorca.

The ten per cent is added to the charge per tourist and is payable by the tourist. So, if the bill for a stay is, for example, 40 euros (tourist tax), the amount payable is in fact 44 euros. As with all IVA revenue, this is in principle state revenue, but an element of it finds its way back through the regional financing system.The ten per cent on the tourist tax was decreed by Madrid when Catalonia was in the process of introducing its tourist tax. The Balearic government was obliged to follow suit. The Greeks have presumably interpreted their tourist tax differently for the purposes of VAT.

As mentioned by others. The tax is counter to the ethic of being hospitable to guests. Greece are having to do it because their economy is still in a precarious state. Not so here. Could someone please clarify the extra 10%. Is that added to the charge to tourists or is it creamed off the top of the revenue by Madrid?