Palma town hall will present fourteen projects worth fourteen million euros for funding from tourist tax revenue.
The most costly of these projects - one for 4.2 million euros - is for sustainable mobility in Playa de Palma, es Carnatge and Pla de Sant Jordí. The second most expensive one (2.6 million euros) is for the renovation of the water supply system in Amanecer. Slightly less costly (2.2 million) is the rehabilitation of the Torres del Temple and conversion into a museum and information centre.
Two projects for the Bellver forest amount to almost 1.5 million euros. Others include smart wifi for Playa de Palma, the acquisition of a ladder truck for the fire service, a digital radio system for the police, complaints vans for the public in areas of high tourist numbers and the promotion of accessible tourism and of the Pilar and Joan Miró Foundation.
The town hall is also looking to make a request for tourist tax revenue to help with funding a widening of the network for recycled water that is used for green spaces in the city.
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Ha-ha. Told you all so in these comments right from the start. Mallorca is an island of pirates ans always will be. Ha-ha.
As expected - misappropriation of the money.
HOW DARE THIS COUNCIL APPLY FOR THE USE OF THE TOURIST TAX REVENUE FOR THE PALMA AREA ONLY !!!!!Classic disgraceful actions of Mallorcan Councils and their personnel. Also , are they obtaining an income/salary for obtaining money from those tax revenues.When are we going to see accounts from those Hotels/properties that collected Tourist Tax. Better still, are we going to see accounts showing expenditure and where it is spent ?. I DOUBT IT. The revenues will be lost in creative accountancy, and the increased wealth of those involved with its administration. Will the Bulletin investigate this potential SCAM ?.
I must be missing something, I thought the tourist tax was to protect the environment. Difficult to see how providing wifi for the locals quite fits in.