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.
Junior coalition partners in Balearic government want BIG increase in the tourist tax
"Tourist tax should be paid at airports and ports of entrance..."
Taxing time for tourists.
Taxing time for tourists.
Nine out of ten tourists agree with the tourist tax
The British and the Spanish are not that keen.
Fresh push for a 10% hike in Balearic tourist tax
Now is not the time for a new battle with hoteliers.
Balearic tourist tax will not go up next summer
Opposition parties have been calling for the tourist tax to be scrapped.
No, to higher tax
It should be spent on projects which will benefit tourism not on housing or agriculture.
Do you think the tourist tax is a good idea?
Wales aiming to copy Balearics with similar tourist tax
"The move is deeply opposed by the Welsh travel industry...."
Palma airport
Palma airport.
Comment: More tourist taxes
The Balearics is showing no signs of scrapping the tax, now Valencia is having one.
Comment: Will Mallorca get more cash?
So, the Balearics are going to pay yet more income tax to Madrid, what’s the return?
Taxing issue
“The tourist tax was introduced to ease the environmental footprint of mass tourism not for rock concerts...”
A vaxxing normal Christmas: the week in Mallorca
Christmas normality depended on citizens doing their duty; lights were going up and hopefully not going off; and what about the tourist tax?
- Award-winning British actress braves the weather at home in Mallorca
- Final touches to Rafa Nadal and Mery Perelló's spectacular home in Porto Cristo
- Scoff your ham and cheese sandwich before landing in Mallorca
- Friday's weather in Mallorca - another storm forecast
- Mallorca to remain on weather alert for the next week as freak storm hits
Comment
Tourists or votes?
Tourist bashing is becoming a major election issue but residents could be caught up in the shambles as well.
Humphrey Carter11/05/2023 14:21