According to Decree Law 12/2021, of 18 May, and in relation to the tax on stays in tourist establishments, the entry into force of the increase in the tariffs for the tourist tax is postponed to 1 October.  These tariffs were to be applied from 1 June, but the delicate situation in the tourism sector […]

Personal, location, and cleanup are the best-rated service dimensions for customers A study that analyzes the image of Vilanova and Geltr on as a tourist and gastronomic destination post Covid-19 points the Vilanova experience with an 8.32, according to the Global IRon, the reputation index. The study has been carried out by the company Vivetial […]

Supposedly, on April 27, the Council of Ministers approved the Recovery Plan, a unique and, hopefully, unrepeatable opportunity to revitalize the Spanish economy in what promises to be a thorny journey. I say supposedly because although the news headlines and the media have echoed, the information reaches us so empty of content, let alone concrete, […]

On 15 March, the Procicat lifted the comarcal confinement for the living bubbles  The comarcal mistrust leaves behind two months of restrictions that have cleared tourist accommodations. This new phase of mobility is a breath of relief to tourism, which can already recover some of the economic activity, and also to citizens, who are being […]

Supermarkets, the biggest adversaries of wine cellars Wine cellars experience a loss of 26.7% after confinement.    It is bad times for wine cellars. The closure of the catering industry, coupled with the new trend of direct sales between wineries and consumers, has done nothing but harm to these places which promote the culture of […]

Tourists demand less-massified destinations, more tourist routes for natural environments other than beaches and more cultural routes.  According to the ‘Spain positioning studio as a tourist destination‘, developed from a survey conducted in 33 countries, Spain is above the world average (8.6 out of 10) in its ability to attract long-term tourism, which is understood […]

In conscience, this letter should be entitled something like “The Infuges of a Banana State”; but out of respect, out of principle, or through education, we have not named it that way. Our motivation, dear readers, is the publication of the ministerial order of the 13th January with effect on 14 January to modify an […]

The Institute for Economic Analysis (IEE) estimates a GDP growth of 6% this 2021 Summer of 2021 It is not the title of a film, although this last year may be worthy of a film, but the date that has scheduled the tourist industry as the start of recovery. An increase in the forecasting of […]

Yesterday the BOE published Royal Decree-Law 35/2020 of 22 December, with measures to support the tourism, hotel and catering and commercial sectors valued at 4.22 billion euros.  Below is a brief summary of the main measures:           Reduction in the rent of premises Both SMEs and self-employed people who have rented premises can benefit. There […]

The international community finds a vaccine for the virus that has already charged  the life of more of 1,7 million people At the same time that the virus of the Covid-19 began to cross borders, laboratories of all the world started a race against time to find a vaccine that countered at the new pathogen. […]