Ibiza-girlie
New Member
hehe yeah! 
but not to worry, its gone now !
but not to worry, its gone now !
Ibiza-girlie
New Member
the eco tax right? 
I did understand.
But:
- You think it's funny to charge extra money on food to tourists as a revolutionary tax. Nice, I will remember not to visit Denmark
- You think it's good that the eco tax is gone but this summer you expect to find the island clean and beautiful. Oh, yes, let the eivissencs to pay for all the damage that tourists make to environement.
But:
- You think it's funny to charge extra money on food to tourists as a revolutionary tax. Nice, I will remember not to visit Denmark
- You think it's good that the eco tax is gone but this summer you expect to find the island clean and beautiful. Oh, yes, let the eivissencs to pay for all the damage that tourists make to environement.
trestrazos
New Member
I'm with Silvia and Technoboy... I think the ecotax was right... so many tourists and every year every island is worse... the beaches, the streets, the hotels... everything. 
Ecotax again!!!
Ecotax again!!!
Clara
Well-Known Member
Did the ecotax actually go on cleaning up the countryside or just into the pockets of the government? 
I think had I know the money would've gone on positive things like this, I would've been happy to stump up, but nobody really made that clear. Just the hoteliers would stick their hand out for your 28 euros at the start of the holiday, on top of all the money they wanted to safe keys/fans...
I think had I know the money would've gone on positive things like this, I would've been happy to stump up, but nobody really made that clear. Just the hoteliers would stick their hand out for your 28 euros at the start of the holiday, on top of all the money they wanted to safe keys/fans...
kitten's head said:Did the ecotax actually go on cleaning up the countryside or just into the pockets of the government?
I think had I know the money would've gone on positive things like this, I would've been happy to stump up, but nobody really made that clear. Just the hoteliers would stick their hand out for your 28 euros at the start of the holiday, on top of all the money they wanted to safe keys/fans...
Ibiza is not a "banana republic"
T
technoboy
Guest
hello kitten
can you show us that?
when the eco tax finished they gave a budget
that was even published in the main newspapers...
i cant remember well, but one of the main destinations
of the money was restoring the natural place of las
las salinas and the old town of ibiza
maybe that doesnt have many interest for you,
but they use it also for cleaning all the beaches of
the island of garbage and the seaweeds that fill them
in the winter.
today we were at cala benirras 8) and took some
photos... i prefeer a natural beach with some
seaweeds and that, but here everything was
plastic bottles, shoes and other rubbish:
ibiza girlie: i understand the people that come here
without much money, the holidays booked with
flights, bed and food in a pack and they dont
spend in nothing more, ...
but a contribution to help the place that you visit
should be normal...
maybe with the price that you pay for 1 bottle of
water in a club have enough money to pay all
the ecotax of your holidays!
can you show us that?
when the eco tax finished they gave a budget
that was even published in the main newspapers...
i cant remember well, but one of the main destinations
of the money was restoring the natural place of las
las salinas and the old town of ibiza
maybe that doesnt have many interest for you,
but they use it also for cleaning all the beaches of
the island of garbage and the seaweeds that fill them
in the winter.
today we were at cala benirras 8) and took some
photos... i prefeer a natural beach with some
seaweeds and that, but here everything was
plastic bottles, shoes and other rubbish:
ibiza girlie: i understand the people that come here
without much money, the holidays booked with
flights, bed and food in a pack and they dont
spend in nothing more, ...
but a contribution to help the place that you visit
should be normal...
maybe with the price that you pay for 1 bottle of
water in a club have enough money to pay all
the ecotax of your holidays!
Clara
Well-Known Member
technoboy said:
Of course it does! My partner actually works in conservation.My point is, certainly in the UK very little was published about it. All I knew was that it was a 'tourist tax' and I tried to find out more but couldn't. Must've just been looking in the wrong places.
Clara
Well-Known Member
Stephen et all have just read this on the news section:
Despite premature reports of its demise, the Ecotax was only officially voted out of existence by Parliament on Tuesday 21st October.
The tax ceased to be levied by hoteliers the following weekend, which is just as well, as most hotels were putting up the shutters on the season by then. Designed as tax on visitors to the island, its proceeds were to be used as a way of improving the environment, and its collection was thrust upon the unwilling hoteliers, already weighed down by mountains of bureaucracy.
Unpopular to the end, over 97% - almost 6,900 hoteliers, were against the tax.
____________
In theory it sounded like an excellent idea, but in practice? Surely there is another way it could've been applied? Ie, absorbed in other costs?
Despite premature reports of its demise, the Ecotax was only officially voted out of existence by Parliament on Tuesday 21st October.
The tax ceased to be levied by hoteliers the following weekend, which is just as well, as most hotels were putting up the shutters on the season by then. Designed as tax on visitors to the island, its proceeds were to be used as a way of improving the environment, and its collection was thrust upon the unwilling hoteliers, already weighed down by mountains of bureaucracy.
Unpopular to the end, over 97% - almost 6,900 hoteliers, were against the tax.
____________
In theory it sounded like an excellent idea, but in practice? Surely there is another way it could've been applied? Ie, absorbed in other costs?
P
POOLY
Guest
Scoobie said:I thought the eco-tax was a really good idea. My only criticism is that I think it should really have been a bit higher!
I can't even begin to imagine the costs and logistics involved in trying to keep the island clean during the summer months and dispose of all the refuse!
THE SAME AS OTHER COUNTRIES DO... WHO DONT CHARGE TOURIST ECO TAX