Alfapash wrote on Thu Apr 8, 2021 10:54am:
£1800 a year but thats a lot of money especially at the moment when non residents cannot even travel. Many pay more. That's my point we are all still paying into the Spanish economy regardless. Where I am, the non residents have brought a lot of money into Spain and the area has been transformed...
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..., partly by us owning a holiday home, spending a lot of money. Its also created a lot of new jobs. I don't want to live in Spain nor do many others that have a holiday home.
Now due to the 90 /180 rule that is being enforced I won't be able to come to Spain when I would like to, do due to this rule . If had been 180 in any one year that would have been fine. As it is for EU citizens that want to come to the Uk, they can come up to 180 days in any one year. Even lots of pensioners who would have occupied hotels over the winter months won't be able to stay as they normally would have. That will affect certain hotels and those areas that attract those people.
Any reduction of visitors is a reduction in money going into the Spanish economy.
But Alfapash, it IS still 180 days in 365 - it's just that now you can only do it in 2 maximum periods of 90 days each, rather than a continuous 180 days. Your property still continues to be empty for 6 months of the year. The ones who are/will be seriously impacted are the overstayers/illegal immigrants.
Kind regards,
Kim