Education
New schools needed for increasing Balearic population
“Inadequate, deficient and with serious problems related to facilities”.
Property
Spectacular growth in Balearic property sales
The sale of homes in the Balearics during the second quarter rose by a whopping 30.1% compared with sales from April to June 2014.
Finance
Balearic government claims 240 million euros of unpaid road-building investment
Montoro acknowledged that the Balearics have suffered from an underfunding that the system of regional financing has failed to correct.
Tourist tax
ABTA to write to Balearic government over tourist tax
"The introduction of the tax will not come about through “imposition”.
Tourism
Balearics has highest hotel occupancy rate
The Balearic occupancy rate was some way ahead of the Canary Islands, second with 86.8%, and Valencia with 82.9%.
Employment
The number of foreign workers in the Balearics on the rise
The percentage rise over last August in the Balearics was the largest of all regions of Spain.
Tourist tax
Podemos: Tourist tax must not affect movement of residents
Taxpayers on the islands "subsidise" the influx of tourists.
The past week in the Bulletin
Nothing certain except death and taxes, as Benjamin Franklin supposedly said. There were no deaths to report as a consequence of tax, but there was nothing more certain than the tourist tax to get the blood boiling.
Tourist tax
Hoteliers paint picture of doom and gloom over tourist tax
Biel Barceló’s announcement of the tax’s “application” in 2016 has come as a surprise to many within the tourist industry.
Economy
Service sector on the rise in the Balearics
Balearic Islands led the way in July in being the region of Spain with the greatest increase in turnover in the service sector.
Tourist tax
Tourist tax will come into force for next summer, says minister
Barceló said that he was convinced that a good part of the tourism industry was itself convinced of the need for the tax.
Travel
Balearics: top low-cost region in Spain
Balearics were ahead of Andalusia (14.5%) but some distance behind Catalonia with over 28%.
Tax
Balearic government planning massive crackdown on tax fraud
Annual revenue from tackling tax fraud had been between 35 and 45 million euros under the previous government.
Society
Number of divorce cases on the rise in the Balearics
Divorce rate of 2.2 per 1,000 inhabitants of the Balearics.
Tourism
Balearic airports had their best ever August
Passenger numbers at Palma's Son Sant Joan airport were up to 3.7 million.
Economy
The rich are getting richer in the Balearics
The Wealth Tax in the Balearics applies to residents with assets worth more than one million euros.
Weather
One million euros compensation for Balearic flood damage
Number of claims are in fact significantly lower than when there was torrential rain and flooding in September 2012.
Environment
Government calls on oil companies to give up prospecting
Prospecting rejected because of the "irreversible impact that it would have on the environment and on Balearic society".
Tourism
Balearics have the highest hotel prices in Spain
In Majorca, the average price was 136 euros.
- New setback for Britons travelling to Mallorca from Sunday, September 1
- Britons changing Mallorca holiday plans because of new EU entry scheme
- Record holiday season? Tell that to the Mallorca bars and restaurants whose takings have nosedived
- Rave on a plane from Liverpool to the Balearics
- Mallorca hoteliers laughing all the way to the bank this summer
Comment
The tax again!
“I was impressed with our minister for tourism, he has some good ideas...”
Jason Moore25/09/2015 00:00