One hundred million euros of EU funds for Balearics tourism
The Palma tram is one of the strategic projects
The government, local authorities and the tourism industry are involved with the strategic projects. | Jaume Morey
Palma03/01/2021 12:23
The bulk of European "next generation resilience and recovery" funds will take some years to deliver. The package for all EU countries will be distributed from now until 2026.
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Up to date open accounting from the start. The money is for the benefit of all in the balears and not to be wasted pursuing political aims.
The answer for Mallorca is to make the Island Virus free. Then Tourists who are also virus free, can be allowed and will want to come to the Island. That must be Mallorca's priority.
Wel will charge tariffs for our vaccine 😂😂😂
100 million euros, of which 60% will actually reach a target. The rest will be wasted on external advise, discussion panels and task groups. The EU should spend 1% of it's yearly budget on checks and controls of EU subsidies. By people from one EU country checking on another EU country. The cost of 1% will be recovered 10 fold, of not 20 fold.
i am afraid it is a drop in the ocean. not nearly enough
Taking into account that Oxford vaccine costs £3,and population of Balearic is altogether less than 3 million , the wisest decision would be to get everyone vaccinated first. 100 million may not be enough but first thing to revive tourism is surely Covid Free places for people to feel confident to travel to. If course health check prior to travelling to Balearics for those who have not been vaccinated should still stay as a requirement, no matter whether those travellers are domestic, EU nationals or any other country,
Just a suggestion- but perhaps invest the money in getting the population vaccinated. It is the only way to kick start tourism. We’re hearing very little about any strategic rollout. The longer it takes to restart tourism, the tougher it will be. They can then have the luxury of time to contemplate branding. As a former Director of Comms, I would suggest an eco-friendly model. But first things first folks.
The money sounds like a lot...but sadly the government's idea of a strategy is so non-inclusive that it is unlikely to provide the benefits that it should or could....unless and until there is proper 'joined-up thinking', government steps back from the 'thinking process', makes changes to governance and regulatory processes and fully buys into sustainability and international trends, we will see little or no benefit...and that is so sad for The Balearics who now have the opportunity to reposition the brand and redefine the product to protect all residents and businesses for the next 10 - 20 years....but as we all know politicians are different!!!