The Government “is open” to reduce VAT on tourism below 10%

The Government is “open” to lower VAT from tourism below 10%, according to the Minister of Industry, Commerce and Tourism, Reyes Maroto, which has also indicated that the worsening of the epidemiological situation has “delayed” decision-making about safe corridors. “Although in Spain this tax is one of the lowest in the EU, it is not something we have said not to” said Maroto in an interview on Channel 24 Horas of TVE, in relation to the decrease in VAT on tourism , which the sector asks to be at 4%.

“We are open, he added, to continue taking measures because the sector needs the support of the administrations” and It is going to be one of those who will take Spain out of the crisis when the pandemic passes.

The minister has admitted that the worsening of the epidemiological situation has “delayed” decision-making regarding safe corridors. “This second wave has made it more difficult for us to raise these runners, that incorporate security elements, with tests at origin and destination “.