The Palma city council will allow new hotels to open in Palma reversing a decision by the previous administration and prompting calls from opposition groups that they wanted yet more tourists in the city. In an unusual move the council announced that small hotels, of up to 50 places, could be opened in protected buildings.
Palma council thaws freeze on new hotels
Small hotels can now be opened
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Happy to see $$$$ flowing into this type of bussiness these boutique hotels are beautiful and bring good jobs look nice restore the properties , nice !
Clearly there is absolutely no plan whatsoever. Just money. Boutique hotels are popping up everywhere it seems, take Alcudia for example. Before long it’ll be the sole preserve of hotels, ETVs, restaurants and shops. Christopher is right, it’s Disneyfication. Places will become empty pastiches of their former selves. Their hearts and souls erased by greed and stupidity. It’ll feel like visiting or living in a film set. Not real anymore. Councils and Govt seem intent on degrading the very thing that makes Palma, Alcúdia and elsewhere so special.
Thank goodness common sense now prevailing in Palma with the go ahead to encourage small hotels that will attract the more upmarket visitor to Majorca who tends to spend significantly more on accommodation car hire shops and restaurants than the “todo incluidos”. A good initiative that will encourage more upscale visitors in the winter months as well. A pat on the back for Palma. Now if they can also get rid of the graffiti, crime and return the Paseo Maratimo to its original state life in Palma would be perfect.
So more buildings to be converted to hotels - great this is just what we need - more tourists and even more upwards pressure on the price of residential accommodation. Do they want to turn Palma into amother Disneyland?