British tourists at Palma airport
British tourists waiting at Son Sant Joan airport in Palma.
More British tourists are visiting Mallorca outside peak season
"Mallorca is consolidating its position as a quality destination far beyond the sun and beach product.”
London calling for Mallorca, new tourism plan and the Bulletin arrives
"Island-wide law which governs bad behaviour will be introduced..."
Your weekly news catch up in Mallorca
This week we talk luxury: tourist spending, foreign buying and watches. New administration scrapping projects, promi¡ses in Calvia and tourist numbers and illegal lets.
Week in Review: Royal dinner, taxis queues, illegal holiday lets and hotel conversions
This week in our headlines: The King has dinner in a restaurant in Palma, taxis queues and traffic jams, plus British tourist arrested for running over two people and the sage of El Bungalow beach restaturant.
“Go and Do Likewise”
Tourism is the heartbeat of the Island's economy but it comes with some social challenges to the residents aswell.
Gabriel Escarrer Jaume Chief Excecutive of Melia Hotels International
Gabriel Escarrer Jaume Chief Excecutive of Melia Hotels International.
More passengers are expected to arrive this season to Mallorca
More passengers are expected to arrive this season to Mallorca.
Comment: Tourists and no graffiti
Palma would do well to look across the water at how Barcelona works and why.
Comment: A Plan for the future
“The great tourism plan draws on 2019, a record year for tourism...”
Comment: End in sight
“Perhaps the Balearic government should rethink some of its legislation...”
Greek letters and more tourism chaos
A Greek letter, disguising a virus variant, is hardly the type of gift wished for at Christmas.
Spanish tourism to recover 66% of 2019 levels in Q4, minister says
Foreign travel to Spain has been gathering steam in recent months.
Is it the end of booze tourism in Mallorca?
Back to basics
“We must always remember that it is beach and sun tourism which pays the rent...”
Es Colomer in Formentor
Es Colomer in Formentor.
- Spain wants Britons to show they have 113.40 euros, £97, per day for their holidays
- Major security alert at Mallorca airport, surprise landing of flights from Morocco and Namibia
- Big changes on the horizon when Britons travel to Mallorca
- Over two hours for Britons to get through Palma airport queues
- Watch those prices in Mallorca
Comment
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"...what we don’t want is anti-tourism rhetoric which can be very harmful."
Jason Moore19/11/2022 09:47