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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

Holiday sales, flights, tourist tax: the past week in Majorca

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Holiday sales, flights, tourist tax: the past week in Majorca

A record for the Bulletin, holidays selling out, flight fares going through the roof: just some of the stories over the past seven days.

Monitor07/02/2016 00:00

Tourist tax should be the same rate all year, says Podemos

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Tourist tax should be the same rate all year, says Podemos

For example, the 1.50 euro per day charge (for three and four-star hotels) in summer would remain the same in winter.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter06/02/2016 00:00

Podemos party leader Pablo Iglesias.

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Podemos surprised by hotelier “solidarity” with tourist tax

Podemos spokesperson Laura Camargo expressed her surprise at the move, as the hoteliers now appeared to be showing so much solidarity.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter02/02/2016 00:00

Hoteliers to cover cost of the tourist tax this year

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Hoteliers to cover cost of the tourist tax this year

One per cent of hoteliers’ profits will go towards absorbing the cost of the tourist tax this year.

Humphrey Carter01/02/2016 00:00

The Majorca stand at Fitur visited by President Armengol, Vice-President Barceló and Miquel Ensenyat, the president of the Council of Majorca.

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Tax, government, foreign residents: the past week in Majorca

You can't keep a good (or a bad) tax down, and so it was the tourist tax as well as the problems with forming a new national government which were dominant themes of the past week.

Monitor24/01/2016 00:00

President Armengol in the centre. Vice-President Barceló second right and Miquel Ensenyat, the president of the Council of Majorca, far right.

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Businesses use Fitur as stage to attack the tourist tax

"With the latest political decisions adopted in the Balearics, we are going to shoot ourselves in the foot." Gabriel Escarrer Juliá, the president of Meliá Hotels International.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter20/01/2016 00:00

The eighteen accused in the Nóos trial.

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Nóos, a controversial decree and fiestas: the past week in Majorca

A princess in court, flu, fiestas and uproar over a government decree. Just some of the themes of a busy week in the Bulletin.

Monitor17/01/2016 00:00

Vice-President Biel Barcelo, also the tourism minister, is keen to get tax passed as soon as possible.

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Tourist tax being “urgently” pushed through to meet June start

The Majorca Hoteliers Federation will look at taking legal measures and “will exhaust” them until they find a solution.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter11/01/2016 00:00

Iñaki Urdangarin, the husband of Princess Cristina, who faces a prosecution call of up to nineteen years in prison.

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Tax, trial and takeover: the past week in Majorca

When not preparing for the big trial, the past week was one of festivities and, how could we have avoided it, THAT tax.

Monitor10/01/2016 00:00

Flaws in the new tourist tax already being found.

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Tourist tax will not be paid by 70% of private tourist accommodation

“We cannot increase the number of inspectors, as this isn’t possible at the moment,” says tourism minister.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter09/01/2016 00:00

Vice-president and minister for tourism, Biel Barcelo announcing the approval of the tax draft today.

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Tourist tax to be introduced on 1 June

"The tax was a social demand on behalf of a majority of citizens who had voted for change."

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter08/01/2016 00:00