The mayor of Madrid, José Luis Martínez-Almeida, defended this Friday, within the framework of the breakfast series ‘The happiness industry’, organized by the Hotusa Group under the title ‘Tourism as an engine of growth for cities’ , that in the capital “a tourist tax is not necessary” and this possibility is not considered, in addition to affecting its implementation due to the “low tax pressure.” Next to him was his counterpart from Malaga, Francisco de la Torre, who does defend this tax in his city. Specifically, the councilor of Malaga has stressed the importance of creating a “legal security framework at the national level” with a tourist tax to housing of this type, and the amount of which could be used to “subsidize rents for family members in a situation of social crisis.” Related News standard No The owners of tourist apartments will demonstrate in Madrid “it has no echo” in Madrid, which understands tourism as an “engine of growth”, although it has indicated that the proliferation of tourist homes must be addressed, since “30 percent of tourists spend the night” in them, in addition to underlining its They are committed to a “high impact” tourism model. In this conversation they have also addressed the brand image that Madrid can have, in which the mayor of Madrid has indicated that there are “very different” opinions. «Once I was meeting with the Chroniclers of the Town and I asked them: For you, what is the icon of Madrid? One said the Puerta de Alcalá; another, Cibeles, the Prado Museum…”, he expressed. He considers that the concept of Madrid is “an intangible” and the concept of the city itself, which is “settled in the international imagination” as a “safe” city , pleasant and with a good offer of leisure, culture and quality of life.
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