The tourist tax in the Balearics, officially known as the sustainable tourism tax, was introduced on the first of July 2016. At the time of its introduction, the then finance minister, Catalina Cladera, was at pains to stress that this was not an “ecotax”. For all her efforts and those of other ministers, this is how the tax has become tagged - and erroneously so.
The Blog: Tourist tax - misunderstanding and rejection
Tourists need to truly understand a tax, but as it is - partly because of the nickname - they do not
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