Majorca
Bookings tumble and no rentals appeal: the week in Majorca
Catalonia wasn't alone in experiencing a drop in reservations; a modest increase in low-season flights was being promised; Madrid missed a deadline; and someone was in trouble because of ham.
Holiday rentals
Pollensa against zoning restrictions for holiday rentals
The council meeting called for there not to be zoning restrictions in Pollensa.
Holiday rentals
Apartment holiday rental ban gets fifty per cent public support
There is majority support for limits on vehicle access to certain parts of the island
Holiday rentals
Majorca's interior to benefit from holiday rentals' zoning
It is looking increasingly certain that the zoning decisions will be made in favour of interior areas where there isn't "saturation".
Tourism
Biel Barceló: "We're doing very good work"
Limiting tourist places and the rentals' moratorium hadn't been included in the agreements for change with Podemos.
Property
Inca short of rental accommodation
The situation in Inca is being mirrored in smaller places, such as Sineu, Lloseta and Sa Pobla.
Holiday rentals
Holiday rentals sector demanding amendment to Balearic legislation
The manifesto calculates that there will be a total economic loss of some 1,000 million euros per annum.
Majorca
Nationalism and no cars: the week in Majorca
All eyes were on Catalonia; Majorcan nationalism took to the beaches; there was an absence of condemnation for anti-tourism; rentals legislation was "terror"; and Palma had a curious day with no cars.
Holiday rentals
Aptur wanting all new accommodation places for rentals
Aptur: It is unfair that potential new places will not go to a type of accommodation (rentals) for which there is growing demand.
Holiday rentals
Holiday rentals boost the economies of Majorca's villages
The figures from the tourism ministry differ to other figures that were made public earlier this year. Both sets of figures indicate the importance of rentals to villages in Majorca's interior.
Majorca
Claims, Calvia, Cristal: the week in Majorca
Calvia and Britons were in the frame because of false claims and drugs crimes. "Massification" will massify a Palma square later this month. What does "de-growth" mean? And a famous bar closed.
Holiday rentals
Residents insisting on compliance with Palma rentals ban
Deputy mayor José Hila says that zoning decisions will affect the town hall's approval of an apartment rentals' ban.
Politics
PP says government is incapable of managing economic success
"A government of chaos that is transferring the chaos to the citizens, who do not know if they can rent out their property, if they will be fined, if there will be zones."
Majorca
Tourist tax week in Majorca
Condemnation was heaped on the government for doubling the tourist tax; Thomas Cook weren't worried about prices; there were some questionable stats regarding hotel occupancy; and the rentals legislation was "an insult to the citizens' intelligence".
Holiday rentals
Airbnb waiting for "legal interpretation" of rentals legislation
The manager of public relations for Airbnb Spain and Portugal met the tourism ministry yesterday.
Holiday rentals
Calvia mayor criticises "pernicious effect" of holiday rentals
On tourismphobia: "We have to look for solutions and apply them, but we must never attack - in a global way - an industry that is such a large part of our lives."
Holiday rentals
Tourism ministry inundated with calls to license holiday rentals
These calls have been coming despite the fact that since the end of July it has been impossible to register any property.
Property
Increased foreign investment in rural property for tourist rental
The annual total of building permission requests is far less than it was the end of the last century.
Majorca
Terror, drink and rentals: the week in Majorca
Majorca once again paid its respects to the victims of terrorism; the national government was thinking about a constitutional challenge to the Balearic rentals' legislation; there was some more anti-tourism and there were more plans for tackling tourism's excesses.
Holiday rentals
Zoning the key to distribution of vacant tourist accommodation places
The original draft for these zones showed eight of them plus Palma on its own as the ninth. The largest zone is for Majorca's interior.
- Spain wants Britons to show they have 113.40 euros, £97, per day for their holidays
- Big changes on the horizon when Britons travel to Mallorca
- Over two hours for Britons to get through Palma airport queues
- Palma Airport passport control "collapse" put down to unscheduled flights
- Living in a motorhome in Palma: "It'll only get worse"