Tourist tax
Barceló says tourist tax priority will be the environment
Maria José Ribas, a Partido Popular parliamentary deputy, asked the government to rethink its intentions.
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.
Tourism
Some clarity on the tourist tax, but not enough
Barceló wants everyone to work together. He’s got a hell of a job convincing them.
Tourist tax
Tourist tax: “It is a small price to pay for a better Majorca...”
“As I said earlier it is a small charge; (1.7 percent of the cost of a holiday), children will not pay and also it will not be charged on a daily basis so that long-stay tourists do not pay more.”
Tourism
“Please help us make Majorca a better place”
Balearic minister for tourism, Biel Barcelo, says that the tourist tax will represent just 1.7 per cent of the cost of a holiday to the islands and appeals for the help of visiting tourists. Children will not pay the surcharge and the money will be used to upgrade holiday resorts and to protect the environment. Minister says that taxes of this type already exist in many holiday destinations in the European Union. Barcelo says that there will be no backing down.
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.
Tourism
Calvia mayor stressing the need for all-inclusive regulation
Tourism minister, Biel Barceló, has been seeing for himself what projects are needed by the resorts.
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Comment
The tax again!
“I was impressed with our minister for tourism, he has some good ideas...”
Jason Moore25/09/2015 00:00