Etiqueta 'Balearic Government'
Vice-President Barceló, President Armengol and Finance Minister Cladera at the press announcement of the draft of the tax.

Tourist tax

Tourist tax will cost between fifty cents and two euros

Tourist accommodation charges between 50 cents and 2 euros per person and per day. Children below 14 years exempt. Residents will have to pay in tourist accommodation. If stay is for health reasons it can be reclaimed. Cruise passengers will also pay.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter14/10/2015 00:00

Biel Barceló, when taking office earlier this year.

Tourism

Island councils to take care of tourism promotion from 2017

Barceló said there won't be a repeat of the “chaos” of the last government, as councils refused to accept the responsibility.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter13/10/2015 00:00

The Balearic government wants a flat rate for inter-island flights.

Transport

Madrid dragging its heels over flat-rate tariff and tourist tax talks

A key issue is that the state budgets for 2016 are being drawn up, and the Balearic tariff would need to be included in these.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter10/10/2015 00:00

President Armengol, characterised as having been “kidnapped by radical partners”.

Politics

PP rubbish government’s one hundred days performance

Prohens denounced the “inconsistency, instability, arrogance and vengefulness” of the government’s early days in office.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter10/10/2015 00:00

Armengol calls for a united front

Politics

Armengol calls for a united front

Armengol stressed the importance of there being a clear sense of unity in appealing for greater financial resources from the state.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter09/10/2015 00:00

Social income scheme will cost 20 million euros

Economy

Social income scheme will cost 20 million euros

The social income will ensure that all families in the Balearics are able to cover the cost of basic necessities.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter09/10/2015 00:00

Chamber of Commerce needs support to keep going

Business

Chamber of Commerce needs support to keep going

Roses says that the chamber needs new lines of activity going forward, but for these it requires support.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter05/10/2015 00:00

The ceremony to canonise Fray Junipero was shown on a screen in Petra's parish church.

Latest headlines

The week in the Bulletin: a saint and a tax

A saint, a tax, a government defeat, the past week was one of holiness and distinctly unholy rows, one of them even involving a saint.

Monitor27/09/2015 00:00

 Cladera has forecast an increase in the government’s revenue.

Finance

Tourist tax to be included in 2016 budget

The government has included the tourist (or eco) tax in its budget forecast, even though it has yet to be decided when and how it will be implemented.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter05/09/2015 00:00

Letters to the editor

Letters to the Editor

"The whole system is a major source of corruption and should be forbidden by law."

26/08/2015 00:00

Politics

The long break

“I find it rather amazing that local politicians all go on holiday in August...”

Jason Moore26/08/2015 00:00

Tourism

"At least the local authorities appear to have some policy on tourism..."

The new local authorities appear to have a completely different philosophy towards the tourist industry.

Jason Moore25/08/2015 00:00

Eco-tax

Letters to the Editor

Eco-tax. "Sadness and astonishment is what I feel, as a Majorcan citizen, on reading the Viewpoint by Jason Moore about the spending and some points of view of the Bulletin’s readers regarding the eco-tax."

20/08/2015 00:00

Jet2.com plane

Latest headlines

Balearics 'strategic marketing' agreement with Jet2 sparks fear of greater tourist pressure

An agreement for the low-season months, opposition party Més maintain it contradicts government dialogue regarding tourism sustainability.

Andrew Ede11/09/2024 06:45