Tourist tax
Tourist tax commission holds its first meeting
The president of the commission overseeing tourist tax revenue spending is the tourism minister Biel Barceló. | Joan Torres
Palma20/07/2016 00:00
The first meeting of the Commission for the Promotion of Sustainable Tourism has been held. This is the body that will decide how the revenue from the tourist tax is to be spent and is made up by representatives of the Balearic government and other parts of the public sector, the private sector, unions and various associations.
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I am not optimistic that this tax money will make much difference. There won't be anything like the amounts they are predicting once the snouts are in the trough. Most will be spent on those meetings as every area represented wants some of it. Money will be spent on more jollys abroad etc. trying to bring more tourists after the slump which we all predicted for next year, or more imposition of catalan. And we musn't forget that the tourism minister's original ideas for the tax included the building of care homes for the mallorcans !
Not a fan of this kind of tax. Could be one reason not to book when you see the price and then + whatever the cost of tax on top. The locals need help against the all inclusives but this money will spent elsewhere so cannot see it proving very popular. I would rather see one price and if you want a breakdown of the holiday costs,ask for it.
It's amusing they are now holding meetings to decide how to spend a tax that was imposed before an agreed reason for it was thought up. Cart before horse.
Spend the money improving the areas where the money has been collected, tourists aren't interested in work in the mountains or countryside. Let's have the bus stops removed in Palma Nova that are on zebra crossings, solid white lines, or in front of roundabouts. This is crap town planning, and will cause a bad accident or a death at any time. Let's have park attendants present to fine dog-litterers in our parks. Palma Nova is where a lot of this tax is collecteed, and if tourists don't see improvements they'll feel cheated, and we know where that will lead.
I hope some of these taxes will be used to clear up the massive amount of dog fowling all over mallorca. Although it is NOT caused by tourists I am sure the tourists would appreciate it if i was cleared up.
Start a campaign to clean up this Island. Mallorca has a surfeit of Litter all over the Island. Using the Tourist Tax revenue to clean up Mallorca. Many areas are not only in a disgraceful littered state, but there is a major health and disease consideration .