Plan to slap new tax on rental vehicles and non residents in Mallorca
“These are positive proposals that can improve the lives of Mallorcans."
Mallorca’s tourism turmoil
“Tourist go home is the message and let’s be honest, it’s not a very welcoming one, is it?”
Famous Menorcan village can't cope with visitor numbers any more.
Famous Menorcan village can't cope with visitor numbers any more.
Every tourist should know where their eco-tax goes
A system enabling hotel guests to access ongoing projects via a QR code on their hotel card is being discussed.
There is a growing desire to charge tourists for everything and anything.
There is a growing desire to charge tourists for everything and anything.
Marga Prohens came to power earlier this year
Marga Prohens came to power earlier this year and apart from lowering a few taxes she is keeping many of the policies and projects introduced by Armengol.
Tourist views welcome
“I think it is a refreshing change that the views of tourists are wanted and repected...”
Don’t tax tourists in the Balearics
“The tourist industry already pays enough tax. The time has come to scrap the tourist tax...”
The time has come to ditch the tourist tax
The time has come to ditch the tourist tax.
Now Spain torpedoes all-inclusive cruise deals with extra booze and food taxes
Spain charges 10 per cent in VAT on food and drink consumed on land - and, it turns out, water.
Ever upward: May’s tourism in Mallorca and the Balearics
There seems to me to be an obsessive desire to see Mallorca and the Balearics fail and to blame whatever most suits one’s own narrative, be this Brexit, prices, government attitude, cost-of-living crisis, tourist tax (select as applicable).
British media welcomes tourist tax freeze.
British media welcomes tourist tax freeze.
British media hails Mallorca election result; no rise in tourist tax
Calls to scrap the tax remain.
Tourists or votes?
Tourist bashing is becoming a major election issue but residents could be caught up in the shambles as well.
Calls for cruise ships to pay a Balearic eco-tax for contamination
The ecologists want the same to be applied to hire car and boat rental companies.
Your weekly news catch up in Mallorca
The stories that made the headlines this week in Mallorca.
Balearics will not raise the tourist tax
Private jets, cruise ships and yachts could be charged the tourist tax.
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Unveiling Mallorca’s Tourist Tax
Now, you need a degree to understand how the tourist tax works here in Mallorca.
Richie Prior16/08/2024 12:48