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Getaria Hotel Association agrees to reject agreed price hike

  • It has reached an agreement with the Basque Competition Agency and has closed the dossier. In December 2021, all prices rose in unison, provoking popular anger. Now, the hotel owners undertake to respect the rules of competition and to set their prices according to market conditions.

10 February 2023 - 12:29
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The Basque Competition Agency (LEA) was aware in December 2021 of the agreed price increase of the Getaria Hotel Association, and has carried out several months of investigation and inspection. They detect anti-competitive behaviour, but Getabat announces that they will correct errors. The hotel owners of the association have proposed a number of commitments, so the LEA has closed the file.

Commitments are included in the pact report as "the immediate deletion of the price lists of the hospitality establishments that were published as a result of the collective recommendation made by Getabat and, at the same time, the publication of the new prices by each hotel establishment according to the market conditions; meeting in an extraordinary assembly to inform in detail about the obligation to restore market conditions". They also claim that Getabat will not take "decisions that may be anti-competitive" again and that they will ensure that.

Getaria complaint

After the most limiting months of Pandemia, in late 2021, most Getabat Society bars and restaurants rose prices in unison, agreeing to the rise and opening a "list of price recommendations", the LEA confirmed. The citizens of Sos gathered in the initiative to denounce these young people and criticized the promotion as "disproportionate". Boycott of bars and various activities.

This is what the LEA report and the Getabat Pact say: "This increase generated concern in the municipality, which was materialized through the complaint received in the collaboration mailbox of the LEA website and the consultation carried out by a private individual in Kontsumobide".

Both to complain about rising prices and to denounce the impact of tourism, the Sos Herritarrok group was set up. From the beginning, they warn that Getaria has become a "tourist village" and that for the Getaria it is increasingly difficult to live there. From there, the members of the group have told us that they have gone from criticizing to organizing initiatives: "We give what the people do not offer to the citizens, organizing activities for the citizens, popular meals, etc." They stress that their intention is not to "harm bars", but to "promote a country in which we can all participate".


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