Catalan President Salvador Illa and Barcelona Mayor Jaume Collboni pledged to increase the tourist tax on cruise ships stopping in the popular city of Barcelona at a meeting last week. According to Mr Collboni, the city receives 1.6 million short-stay cruise tourists and the growth prospects “are not acceptable”. The two socialist leaders have pledged […]
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The Swedish government has announced plans to abolish the environmental tax, aiming to boost the competitiveness of Swedish airlines. In a move strongly criticised by environmental groups, the conservative prime minister, Ulf Kristersson, announced that the plan would “protect the possibility of good air connections within Sweden”. As announced, the tax will be abolished from […]
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It took scenes of traffic congestion in early spring for the Balearic government (Partido Popular) to realise the measures that need to be taken to deal with tourist overcrowding in Mallorca and the rest of the Balearic Islands. The scenes took place mainly in and around Soller, a municipality administered by the PP town hall, […]
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The European Commission has launched an investigation to determine whether state aid granted by the German government to Lufthansa during the Covid-19 pandemic breached European Union regulations. The €6 billion recapitalisation package was approved under the Covid Temporary Framework in June 2020, but was annulled by a ruling of the General Court of the EU […]
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The UK government’s sudden move to restrict the carriage of liquids in passengers’ hand luggage at six UK airports will only create uncertainty and lead to more delays. The warning from the Consumers Union Which; followed the Department for Transport’s announcement late last Friday that it was reinstating limits on liquids from yesterday Sunday. The […]
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The Maldives government has announced an entry ban for holders of Israeli passports, reacting to public outrage over the war in Gaza. The government of the Maldives, a popular tourist destination in the Indian Ocean archipelago, will ban entry to Israeli passport holders as public anger grows in the predominantly Muslim nation over the war […]
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The Spanish government has fined four low-cost airlines €150 million for “unreasonable” charges to passengers. In particular, the Spanish Ministry of Consumer Affairs has fined Ryanair, Volotea, Vueling and easyJet for charging passengers for hand luggage, requiring them to print their ticket, and other unreasonable practices such as booking seats for accompanying minors or persons […]
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The Bidden-Haris government declares automatic refunds and compensation in cases of flight cancellation or delay. The new regulatory rule makes it easier for passengers to get refunds when airlines cancel or significantly change their flights, significantly delay checked baggage or fail to provide the extra services they bought. The final rule creates certainty for consumers […]
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UN Tourism is to work with the Government Croatia and the University of Zagreb to establish a research and development centre focused on sustainable tourism. Croatia currently serves on UN Tourism’s Committee on Tourism and Sustainability, having chaired it between 2019 and 2023. The clear leadership and support for UN Tourism’s core values make it […]
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ACI Europe today called on the European Commission to urgently adopt an EU Recovery Framework for Aviation and for Governments to provide the requisite funding to support airports – and the recovery of air connectivity. With close to 200 airports already facing the risk of insolvency, the financial situation of the European airport industry will further worsen in […]
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