Mallorca goes to London: the week in (and away from) Mallorca
All-year British tourism was on its way, minus drunken tourism; the Covid certificate was back on the bar and restaurant table; and there was some weather.
Balearics anticipating British tourism in 2022 equivalent to 2019
"A good feeling" about next year and the coming winter season.
London Fair
Mallorca's mission at London fair - all-year British tourism
Sports tourism can create its own "high season" in Mallorca.
Tests on video: the week in Mallorca
There was a daft idea for UK travellers; was a winter boom in the offing?; and inspectors' lives were made easy.
Balearics had 25% of Spain's foreign tourists in August
1.29 million foreign travellers came to the Balearics, the priority destination for British and German tourists.
Summer Blog: I’m out and about in Blighty!
"We have yet to even start but I fear that the die-is-cast for the rest of the trip already"
Confidential: There's no place like home, wherever you are!
"I have already noticed a good few differences in the way things happen here as opposed to Mallorca."
Frank Leavers: Getting hot & bothered and slightly ‘bolshie’ back in Blighty!
"You really can’t go back ‘home’ again and expect it to be the same as it was two decades ago."
British holidaymakers in Mallorca beating the quarantine deadline
Tourists who have not been vaccinated twice are rushing to get back.
Talk of Mediterranean price war following UK double-jab announcement
Other talk is of a rise in prices as bookings surge.
Government and Consulate join forces against "tourism of excesses"
The 2019 'Stick With Your Mates' campaign is being updated with health and behaviour regulations in mind.
Tour operators and hoteliers welcome UK holidaymakers' test requirement
TUI UK, reporting "strong demand", will be operating packages from the first week of July.
When green's a shade of amber: the week in Mallorca
British tourism was coming home, but was it truly green? And what was that about tests?
Sixty per cent of Mallorca's hotels now open
The lack of British tourists is the main reason why hotels remain closed.
Magalluf - excesses decree will be applied "strictly"
There has to be "control" of bars and other establishments.
Ex-Balearic president: Political motives for restricting UK travel
José Ramón Bauzá: UK policy - "unnecessarily restrictive".
Lifting of ban on UK travel to Mallorca and Spain on May 20?
A change for UK travellers, but Mallorca - for now - is not on the green list.
Brits should get their summer holiday in Mallorca, Ryanair's boss says
The Irish low cost airline, also said it was adding 26 new routes to destinations in Greece, Portugal and Spain from the UK.
Travel
Passport chaos for Britons at Palma airport
The number of National Police officers on passport duty is not within the airports authority's jurisdiction.
- 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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Confidential: Devon delights and other holiday stuff!
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Frank Leavers22/09/2021 12:36