Just days after the Balearic government announced plans to increase the rate of the tourist tax for next summer, a proposal has been put forward to charge tourists up to seven euros a day for the use of their rent-a-cars.
Seven-euro-a-day car hire tax proposed in Balearics
Money would be spent on public transport
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Ridiculous idea and won’t ever even be seriously considered. Rental cars are only a small part of the problem and are already exceedingly expensive on the island as it is. Real issue is residents have too many cars, driving too much and poor road planning. In other countries… residents and car owners are taxed more. Here we go for tourists again? Pffff.
Proposals to increase taxes on hotel rooms (last week) and rental cars (this week) will not solve the problems of too many tourists and too many cars. Stronger and more creative measures are the only way. Increasing taxes is a very lazy and ineffective solution.