“If there is room to raise hotel prices, the tourist tax can also be increased” in the Balearics
Balearic residents will be compensated for paying the tax,
Humphrey Carter15/10/2024 12:23 ‘Red Marga’ leaves hoteliers singing the blues
Balearic leader has been dubbed ‘Red Marga’ after announcing a rise in the tourist tax, which her party had once sought to abolish.
Mallorca among the cheapest destinations when it comes to tourist tax
The tourist tax currently varies between 1 and 4 euros in the Balearics.
Increasing the Balearic tourist tax will only strengthen illegal letting and increase overcrowding
Gabriel Escarrer of Meliá Hotels International agrees that the government should ban all holiday apartment lets that are currently registered.
7.5 million visitors will pay a higher Balearic tourist tax in 2025
An even lower rate than at present in the winter raises a question as to whether it's worth the effort of levying.
Mallorca hoteliers attack the tourist tax increase and failure to ban all apartment holiday lets
The government has missed "a golden opportunity" to return a huge pool of housing to residential use.
Balearic government announces increase in tourist tax for next summer
Local residents will receive tax relief on the tax they pay
Urgent measures to be announced by Balearic Government to tackle tourism overcrowding
Further rise in the rate of the tourist tax has been rejected.
Support for tourist tax exemption for residents, but a demand to double the rate
Opposition parties are in favour of increasing the tourist tax.
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Mallorca hotel rooms being given away in the UK
So, it would appear that not only are we residents Mallorca having to pay tourist cost of living prices and the tourist tax, it also appears that we are being charged well over the odds by the hoteliers.
Humphrey Carter11/10/2024 09:29