Overview

• The PSC, ERC and Comuns cast the deciding votes to freeze the €7 per night hike until after summer, while Junts, the PP and Vox opposed the decree.
• The originally proposed increase would have doubled the tourist levy to seven euros per night, earmarking 25 percent of revenue for housing initiatives.
• ERC’s draft law calls for variable tariffs outside Barcelona based on high and low seasons, a plan rejected by the Comuns over fears it favors winter tourism sectors.
• Catalan economic minister Alicia Romero said the delay provides legal certainty and pledged that the forthcoming autumn law will improve upon the initial proposal.
• Opposition parties have faulted the government’s use of emergency decrees and warned that higher rates could imperil local tourism businesses.