- Canary Islands officials are considering a suggested €3pn charge for tourists
- Similar daily ‘tourist taxes’ are already in place in Majorca, Minorca and Ibiza
British holidaymakers could soon be slapped with a daily ‘tourist tax’ when visiting the Canary Islands, local authorities have warned.
Canary Islands president Fernando Clavijo suggested the government is considering suggestions of a €3 (approximately £2.60) per night charge for visitors, The Sun reported.
He said last Friday that while ‘ecotax is not included in the government program’ currently, it is ‘true’ that the government is ‘willing to discuss it’.
Travellers aged 16 and over already pay a daily charge of up to €4 (£3.45) when visiting equally popular Balearic islands, such as Majorca, Minorca and Ibiza.
Clavijo’s remark comes as locals are demanding that authorities axe several major tourism projects in Tenerife, the largest of Spain‘s Canary Islands.
Thousands of tourism-freeze-holidaymakers-graffiti-Brits-Tourists.html?ico=amp_articleInlineText”>residents protested on the island…