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Soaking wet waiting for a booked taxi which came 30 minutes late, too late in Palma.

Mallorca freak storm washes away Palma taxis

It’s always the same, when it’s too hot or too wet, the taxi service grinds to a halt and is thrown into chaos.

Humphrey Carter

Collapse at Son Sant Joan Airport: Alarm as Part of Ceiling Falls in Palma Arrivals Area

Managing Mallorca’s image

It’s a small world, folks, a very small and a very rapid world, one in which news of a roof coming down travels way more swiftly than it takes to fly from a UK or German airport to Palma.

Andrew Ede

UK records hottest day of the year

A British perspective on summer weather in the UK and Spain

The British nations attitude to warmer than expected hot weather is hugely amusing.

Frank Leavers

Tourism is our livelihood in the Balearics

Mallorca tourism is our economy and don’t forget it

We need a complete re-education of Balearic society on the benefits of tourism and its importance to the local economy.

Jason Moore

The cost of living spike has altered many peoples’ lifestyles because wages, for example, have failed to keep pace.

“I’m made to feel I’m doing Mallorca a favour”

“Why is Mallorca becoming so expensive when, more often than not, you are not getting value for money?”

Humphrey Carter

The economic outlook is not very encouraging.

Mallorca tourism losing momentum

Economic growth forecast for the next few years is down, especially in the service sector which is hinged to tourism.

Humphrey Carter

Overcrowding tourist protest

The politics of tourism protest

The first protest of significance against overtourism was eight years ago, when the left were in power.

Andrew Ede

Doctors strike in the Balearics

Why Mallorca doctors are right to go on strike

The recent (and ongoing) strike action is a response to proposed changes to Spain’s Estatuto Marco.

Dr. Lucy Antolin Wilkinson

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