Calls for cruise ships to pay a Balearic eco-tax for contamination
The ecologists want the same to be applied to hire car and boat rental companies.
Humphrey Carter24/04/2023 15:00 Airport expansion opponents demand tourist limits
Claimed that there will be four million more passengers at the airport by 2025.
Balearic tourist tax to subsidise purchase of scooters
Electric bikes as well - one million euros of aid.
The cruise ship with contamination equivalent to 19,000 cars
The fifteen most polluting ships in Palma are all cruise ships.
Palma is one of the busiest private jet destinations in Europe
"A ban on private planes would be a good sign of justice for Balearic citizens in the context of the current climate emergency."
Cars being banned from the beaches in the Balearics
If car beach car parks fill, up, drivers will be turned away.
Balearic nautical industry wants everybody on board for a steady future
“It’s all very well taxing the rich to cover the region’s deficit but if the millionaires did not come each year with their yachts, my company, for example, and many others, would neither be able to exist and generate important revenue for the local economy nor employ the thousands of people working in the industry."
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- Balearic government plans big increase in tax on cruise ship passengers and even a cash levy on hire cars