Etiqueta 'Tourist tax'
The tourist tax: what we know, what we don’t know

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The tourist tax: what we know, what we don’t know

The tourist tax - its cost, its collection, its use, its support. Plus questions that still need answering.

Andrew Ede28/03/2016 00:00

Heightened National Police presence last week.

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Security, all-inclusives, saturation: the week in Majorca

The attacks in Brussels led to concerns about security in Majorca, the tourist tax was approved and all-inclusives became the target for tourism ministry inspections. These and more in the Majorca Daily Bulletin last week.

Monitor27/03/2016 00:00

Barceló celebrating the approval of the tax.

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Tourist tax approved and will be charged from 1 July

Biel Barceló on the tourist tax: "Now there is great acceptance by society and also parliament, while tourist businesses know that in much of Europe similar taxes apply."

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter22/03/2016 00:00

Tourism minister Biel Barceló is highly satisfied with the final outcome of the text for the tax law.

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Tourist tax to be approved tomorrow

It is not expected that there will be any further disagreements between the government partners that might delay the approval.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter21/03/2016 00:00

Postman Patricio and The Old Bill: the week in Majorca

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Postman Patricio and The Old Bill: the week in Majorca

Amidst attempts at securing referendum votes for the British diaspora, a "hodge-podge" of a tax and Easter bookings, there were concerns about postal deliveries and talk of the return of the summertime British bobbies.

Monitor20/03/2016 00:00

Benito is concerned about regional government tourism policy.

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Tourist tax will start on 1 July

Another significant aspect of the bill - the use of revenue for social purposes, such as care homes for the elderly - has been knocked back.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter16/03/2016 00:00

Tourists going to have to pay the tax.

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Tourist tax to be approved despite differences

“It won’t be the tax that PSOE and Més had planned but nor will it be the one that Podemos had planned, but the tax will be supported.”

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter14/03/2016 00:00

Booming economy, booming tourism: the week in Majorca

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Booming economy, booming tourism: the week in Majorca

Heartening news on an economic front, some further nonsense about the tourist tax and defence of the bull-run. Some themes of the past week in the Majorca Daily Bulletin.

Monitor13/03/2016 00:00

The Balearic president, Francina Armengol and minister for tourism, Biel Barcelo, centre, with copies of our sister newspaper Ultima Hora which was printed in Berlin overnight. Our German colleagues at Mallorca Magazin produced a bumper extra.

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Berlin fair confirms record summer for Majorca

German tour operators are expressing concern about the tourist tax and what it will be spent on.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter09/03/2016 00:00

Government accepts citizen participation in tourist tax

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Government accepts citizen participation in tourist tax

Alberto Jarabo said that there has been movement on prioritising environmental projects and on a formula for distributing tax revenue on a territorial basis across the islands.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter08/03/2016 00:00

Something else that tourists' tax payments may well be funding: care homes for the elderly.

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Latest tourist tax row over residences for the elderly

Més spokesperson, Toni Reus, has reiterated the party's view that one of the purposes of the "sustainable tourism tax" is social, and that this would therefore include creating places at residences for senior citizens.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter07/03/2016 00:00

Iñaki Urdangarin during questioning on Friday.

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Referendum, Ryanair, Royal Household: the past week in Majorca

A minor issue to do with a referendum, nothing of any significance in terms of winter flights and tourism, nobody in court, tourist tax causing no stir. This was not the week in the Bulletin. Instead ...

Monitor28/02/2016 00:00

Tourist tax to help boost European image of the Balearics

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Tourist tax to help boost European image of the Balearics

An overriding aim is for actions on behalf of the image of the Balearics in Europe so that tourists can see how revenue is being invested.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter27/02/2016 00:00

Balearic eco tax

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Balearic eco tax

Letter to the Editor: It is widely acknowledged that tourist destinations suffer from the overuse of their own natural resources due to the arrival of millions of visitors.

Beatriz Basañez20/02/2016 00:00

The council and opposition agree that Palma needs tourist tax money.

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Palma PP demanding 10% of tourist tax revenue

Neus Truyol believes that Palma should have its voice, given that the city has half the population of Majorca and half the hotelier pressure.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter17/02/2016 00:00

Podemos may vote against tourist tax tomorrow

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Podemos may vote against tourist tax tomorrow

The PP, meanwhile, is agitating for a vote in favour of amending the whole bill, which would, in effect, send it back to the drawing-board.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter15/02/2016 00:00

Jaume Matas arriving at court on Thursday with his lawyer, José Zaforteza.

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The Nóos trial, tourist tax battles and Jet2: the past week in Majorca

A former president of the Balearics in the dock, continuing anxieties as to water supplies, the inevitable and ongoing rumpus over the tourist tax and winter tourism: all of a sudden it had arrived.

Monitor14/02/2016 00:00

The PP's Marga Prohens pays careful attention to words of Podemos leader, Alberto Jarabo.

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Podemos: tourist tax is a fraud on the citizenship

Podemos: If there were a vote right now, it would not be a vote for an eco-tax.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter08/02/2016 00:00