If in doubt - why not just introduce another tax?

However, it always makes me smile when those charges are usually described as a ‘levy’ ‘cos the use of the term ‘TAX’ is bound to upset those expected to pay it. Well, that’s life I suppose; it’s just that I have vivid memories of when the so-called Tourist Tax was first introduced a number years ago and those charged with collecting it thought it a good idea not to mention it to er, er, the tourists who were charged with paying it until presented with the extra bill on their departure from the hotel.

Indeed, for some time after a number of politicians from across the left-right spectrum claimed that a) the regional government never actually received all the monies - or, b) could never quite pin-down the environmental projects it was said what the taxation was going towards. Hopefully that situation has improved over time, nevertheless sometimes it is best to be wary of so-called new and innovative taxation schemes.

However, with Mallorca under huge pressure from the surge in cruise ship activity and hire-car rentals filling the islands roads from dawn to dusk these new levies could be extremely helpful if managed in a fair and open fashion.