The Cabildo de Lanzarote (Canary Islands) is the first local Administration in Spain to consider the introduction of a tax on tourism, locally known as the “ecotax”. The only precedent in Spain is the tax in force in the Balearic Islands, which is very different, since it was implemented by an entire Autonomous Community.

ENT Environment and Management has developed part of the study consisting of designing the new tax, discussing pros and cons and evaluating the main alternatives, developing some scenarios and calculating the revenue generated in each case. The report also raised practical possibilities of introducing environmental criteria in already existing taxes in the seven municipalities of the Island.