Therefore, this paper offers a new contribution in this field,
also providing valuable evidence for the Spanish economy.
Spain is a developed country with an important tourism industry,
so the results may differ from the usual (and probably less relevant) targets of other studies:
small and developing tourist countries.
Besides, Spain has recently seen some significant attempts to
introduce tourist taxes and new proposals are expected in the next few years.
Given that, such changes in tourism taxation may have important effects on efficiency and income distribution,
a comprehensive analysis should be carried out on the possibilities
and consequences of different policy options.
In this article, we use a Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) model
to assess the effects of two hypothetical taxes affecting tourism:
a specific tax aimed at tourism (hotel room tax) and an indirect tax reform
that significantly affects tourism through changes in VAT rates