Majorca
Delirium and panic: the week in Majorca
The high-summer season was hit by the rentals' legislation; the PP's Rafael Hernando mocked the limit on tourist accommodation places; everyone was having a say about the anti-tourism protests; and the unions were threatening more airport disruption.
Holiday rentals
Owners start to cancel apartment rental bookings
The Aptur holiday rentals association has advised members to take down adverts immediately.
Tourism
Websites have a fortnight to comply with apartment rental law
If websites don't comply with the law, they could face fines of between 40,000 and 400,000 euros.
Holiday rentals
Email system for denouncing illegal holiday rentals
From Tuesday, it would seem, inspectors will be hard at it sorting out properties to fine.
Holiday rentals
Government approves decree for holiday rentals' apartments
The decree was necessary in order to deal with the legal limbo: commercialisation of apartments as tourist rental could neither be authorised nor prohibited.
Holiday rentals
Union wants Madrid to harmonise holiday rentals' rules
The CCOO wants regulations that will combat the type of "tourismphobia" that has been witnessed in Barcelona, Palma and Ibiza.
Holiday rentals
Moratorium on holiday rentals' licences is now in force
There is now a period of twelve months during which island councils and town halls will determine zones for additional holiday rentals' places.
Majorca
Banning rentals and dying of success: the week in Majorca
There was a renewal of anti-tourist protest; the government sorted out (sort of) the holiday rentals' mess and backed a ban in Palma; economic thinkers warned that Majorca is dying of the success of so many tourists; the sale of excursions was plummeting; and a rap group took aim at Magalluf.
Holiday rentals
Government prepares rentals' decree, while Noguera pleads for sanity
Podemos are still insisting on what in effect would be a total ban on holiday rentals in apartment buildings in Palma and Ibiza.
Tourism
No more tourist accommodation places in six resort areas of Majorca
Magalluf, Playa de Palma, Cala Millor are among the six resort areas. There will be no additional hotel or holiday rentals' places.
Majorca
Drunks and passport delays: the week in Majorca
Measures were being adopted to get a grip with the passport control queues; Palma's mayor was vowing to get rid of drunken tourism; Calvia was dealing with Magalluf prostitutes; and a key piece of Balearic legislation was a fiasco.
Holiday rentals
PP demands Barceló's resignation because of rentals' "nonsense"
While the PP is calling for Barceló's head, the tourism minister has apologised for the holiday rentals' nonsense.
Holiday rentals
Holiday rentals' bill approved but apartments are still in limbo
Last-minute interventions by Podemos have meant that apartments are, by and large, still subject to the 2012 tourism law.
Majorca
Passport and traffic queues: the week in Majorca
There was chaos at passport control, there were too many vehicles on the road, and the government was talking tourist limits.
Holiday rentals
Holiday rentals not the main cause of tourist saturation
Joan Miralles of Aptur: The association is not ruling out legal challenges to the holiday rentals' legislation.
Tourism
Government and Palma town hall agree on tourist places' limits
Among provisions in the holiday rentals' legislation is a fine of up to 400,000 euros for websites which advertise unlicensed accommodation.
Hotels
Palma suspends new hotel licences for a year
There are currently requests for licences that would more than double existing places in accommodation.
Law
Eight new Balearic laws expected by the end of July
The Balearic parliament has so far this year approved only one law - for the Chambers of Commerce.
Property
Pollensa accommodation crisis caused by holiday rentals
"We want to know how many properties there are, how many are rented for tourist purposes."
Holiday rentals
Terraferida condemn "avalanche" of tourist accommodation places
At present over 50,000 new places are being processed, which equate to a 15% increase on the existing number of tourist places.
- 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
- Palma Airport passport control "collapse" put down to unscheduled flights
- Living in a motorhome in Palma: "It'll only get worse"
- Watch those prices in Mallorca