Tourism
35,000 cruise passengers visiting Palma this week
This summer is heading to be a record one, with the number of cruise ships visiting Palma due to be one of the highest to date, nearly 600.
Cruising, cycling, chaotic beaches: the week in Majorca
There were more ships than ever, while cyclists (and events) continued to cause debate and the Catalan language also proved to be a debating point.
Tourism
Barceló insists government has condemned anti-tourist graffiti
Today's tourism questions in parliament also considered overcrowding in Palma because of the numbers of passengers. This was on the day that the port broke a record for cruise ships.
Tourism
New entry point for cruise ship sightseers
The measures are part of a package to reorganise the flow of tourists in the city centre.
Tourism
Britain’s finest sailing for Palma
Cunard and P&O are going to be operating their flagship cruise liners in the Western Mediterranean this summer and Palma is going to be featuring on their itineries.
Tourist tax
Guests at Lluc monastery will also have to pay the tourist tax
Monastery accommodation will, according to the tourism ministry, be classified as being equivalent to a hostel.
Tourism
Cruise shipping in the Balearics has risen by 16%
1.41 million passengers came into the five Balearic ports onboard 605 ships, which themselves represented an increase of over 13%.
Business
Cruise industry is worth nearly 300 million euros
Cruise passengers spend an average of 112 euros per day in port.
Tourism
Cruising through autumn
Over 100 hundred cruise-ship visits are likely to have been made through October.
Tourist tax
Over two million euros tourist tax revenue anticipated from cruise ships
The government has yet to establish what will be the minimum stay in Balearic ports.
Tourism
More than one million cruise ship passengers
The Balearic contribution of passenger numbers of ship arrivals was in the region of one-third of August’s total for the whole of Spain.
Tourism
Almost a million Balearic cruise passengers up until July
Spain received 4.29 million cruise ship passengers in the first seven months of the year, an increase of over 11%.
- Spain wants Britons to show they have 113.40 euros, £97, per day for their holidays
- Over two hours for Britons to get through Palma airport queues
- Spanish pensioners stuck at Palma Airport for fourteen hours
- Palma Airport passport control "collapse" put down to unscheduled flights
- Watch those prices in Mallorca