Tourism
Arenal residents object to being "guinea pigs" for tourism reactivation
Playa de Palma is to be the "test resort"; residents aren't happy at the idea.
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Safe travel
“The new battle for the beach towel is who comes to Majorca first once it is safe to travel....”
Tourism
Residents oppose Playa de Palma "pilot destination" idea
The hoteliers association has proposed that Playa de Palma could be a pilot destination for reactivating foreign tourism.
Tourism
Playa de Palma - a "pilot" resort for returning tourism?
The hoteliers association suggests that Playa de Palma has all the "essential conditions".
Booze ban benefits
At the time it was a bold move to take but it could prove key for resort businesses.
Resorts
The need for improvements to Playa de Palma
"It is necessary to reverse the current image and reposition Playa de Palma at an international level."
Courts
New investigation ordered into three-card tricksters
The Provincial Court is responding to an appeal from the Playa de Palma hoteliers association.
Town halls
Arenal residents repeating requests for town hall improvements
Residents in Arenal have been complaining for years; little seems to ever get done.
Tourism
Booze rulings
“The Balearic government should have introduced booze rulings across the islands”.
Tourism
Thomas Cook cost Playa de Palma hotels 14 million
A report which showed that the year will end with there having been average occupancy of 78.35%.
Crime
Balearic Islands has the highest crime rate in Spain
National Police detained 426 people in Playa de Palma.
Arrests
German tourist arrested for assault in Playa de Palma
The detainee allegedly hit the hotel worker with part of a chair.
Retail
Town hall has “nothing to negotiate” over Palma Springs retail centre
The town hall would not authorise the Palma Springs project at Ses Fontanelles.
Traffic
Playa de Palma traffic restrictions on Sundays
The plan to pedestrianise the area for part of the day to encourage people to get and about.
Retail
Developers of Shopping Centre are claiming 45 million euros in damages
The 225-million-euro mall was supposed to be up and running by the end of 2016.
Tourism
No early hotel closures in Playa de Palma
Two-thirds of the clientele in Playa de Palma in September were German.
Arrests
Arrest for alleged rape of a 14-year-old girl
On Sunday morning, the mother and the girl went to police headquarters to make a statement, but the girl didn't file a complaint.
- 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"
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No tourists
“To my amazement I found that the Playa de Palma was relatively quiet...”
Jason Moore02/07/2020 00:26