German tourists marched to a new record in March with 442.156 Germans passing through Palma airport last month compared to just 125,000 Britons. It appears that the British gave Mallorca a miss for Easter while the Germans powered ahead, according to official figures.
Germans march to a new record at Palma airport, beat the British 4 to 1
It appears that the Brits stayed away for Easter
Also in Holiday
- Spain wants Britons to show they have 113.40 euros, £97, per day for their holidays
- Sunloungers set ablaze in Alcudia
- Spanish pensioners stuck at Palma Airport for fourteen hours
- Over two hours for Britons to get through Palma airport queues
- Palma Airport passport control "collapse" put down to unscheduled flights
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Marvin Le MartianI'm a bit surprised to see this framed this way. After all, 125,000 out of 788,000 is an overwhelming majority ...isn't it?
If the Brits all read this rag, there would be no Brit tourists at all.
Is the MDB trying to beat the Sun for the worst English language 'newspaper' award!
Marvin Le MartianThe first draft was probably "Germans goose-step to a new record", so perhaps we should be grateful for small mercies...
Most of the Germans I observe around Palma really don't get the Spanish culture and pace especially so in restaurants and bars where once they're seated they're immediately looking around for servers to place their orders with, then waiting impatiently for their meals and so on. They'd get a lot more from their visit if only they read ahead of arriving and understood what to expect.
Why do you at the MDB always headline it as if it’s some sort of competition? It’s infantile. The Germans I have met so far this year have all said the same thing, the weather has been awful in Germany. I know it’s not been great in the UK too, but again, the weather is not a competition either!