Palma mayor under attack: 100,000 euros for a three-hour promotional party in New York
The mayor "is living in a parallel universe"
Jaime Martínez at a gastronomy promotion during the recent Fitur fair in Madrid. | Daniel González
Palma14/02/2025 16:49
The PSOE opposition at Palma Town Hall have attacked the mayor, Jaime Martínez of the Partido Popular, for spending what PSOE claim will amount to around 100,000 euros on a tourism promotional party in New York that is due to last three hours.
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Looks like tourist tax will be increasing.
100 000 eur party for a market that brings 17000 tourists per year. Vs 17 000 000 tourists we have in total. Waste of money but sure fun trip for politicians.
RickModest salary of a 100k jeez what was your last job
If Mallorca’s are worried about rapidly increasing unaffordable the worst thing you could do is try to invite rich and sometimes obnoxious New Yorkers to visit. In America tipping after meals is off the charts 20% minimum at restaurants, and just go and visit Rome or Venice in the summer to see what hoards of American tourists look like and the prices that they create. A very ill advised idea.
You make it sound like that is his goal. Matters are not related, argument irrelevant. But the guy clearly likes to live the high life, which his modest mayor salary will certainly not afford him. He won’t go far and won’t last.
It is the Norm basically for the PSOE to find fault with really anything the Mayor dose and it is true that if Rich well to do American´s come to Mallorca and invest in property or something else there will very rapidly be money made by Mallorca and Spain , bearing that in mind and all the complicated difficult issues facing many people in the balearic´s and the Tourist over crowding situation in Mallorca in particular it´s really is a bit extreme to have a cocktail party which has been organised by an Italian who works for the Counsel promoted in NYC by the Mayor of Palma , wonder who paid for the flight´s hotels taxi´s meals for all those people who went along for the cocktail PARTY ! BAD IDEA !
If one american buyer purchases property which has already been constucted, the tax and legal costs involved would, more than likely, be more than 100k. Plus the aditional revenue of poeple looking after the property and the money spent on the island thereafter. Speculate to accumulate?
Tourists hey, respect us all please, not just the highlighted few and of course we can all do without the disrespectful element. 100,000 euro's could obviously be spent on something far more important for the people of the Balearics.
I don't know why there will be flamenco music as it has nothing to do with Mallorcan culture
Suckers ! Couldn't make it up !