An injection of fun, please

We've been coming out in early January for two weeks for the last 10 years or so and really enjoy the island. We stay in Palma and rent a car and take in Three Kings, San Antonio and San Sebastian plus fabulous walks in the mountains and other parts of the island. Our only problem is having to travel to an airport some distance from home due to lack of flights from regional airports. It may not be stretching out on the beach weather all day but compared to UK it's great to be in shirt sleeves most of the time, with an extra 2 hours of daylight.

"But, why do the local authorities appear to love keeping these fiestas to themselves?"Perhaps because they are "local festivals for local people". Every year in each of the villages there are one or two festivals. They are lovely friendly affairs. Shows put on by the locals and watched by their friends and familys. The bars packed with the local farmers and the younger generation who have perhaps moved away but come back every year for the summer or winter festivals or even both. Kids playing in the streets unsupervised but watched by everyone because they are basically known to everyone. Do we really want to take this away from the villages and claim it for tourism. They were never intended to be a tourist attraction, just a local event organised by the locals who will welcome with open arms new-comers and the occasional tourist who wanders in bewildered. For me IB3 has already done too much to promote these events so no I don't support the move.

January in Majorca when it likely to be cold,snowing or pouring down with rain or Tenerife in January for the Three Kings,New Year's Eve,with the fantastic firework displays,blue skies and sunshine, fantastic scenery,great beaches, temperatures normally 20c plus,it's a hard choice,but I think it's Tenerife for me.

Thank you for your comment re what's on information on the website, Mike. As the website is currently in "beta" mode, not all elements are yet available, one of which will be comprehensive what's on information. Quite a bit of this does tend to be last minute because it isn't made available until close to the time that fiestas (and other events) occur. So, while one is aware of the fiesta, the actual programme is a different matter. Nevertheless, it is an excellent suggestion to put up an annual schedule of fiestas, fairs and so on. We have done this in the printed form, but it will prove to be of immense value online. Thanks once again.

I hope you don't mean bus loads of tourists landing in the middle of local village fiestas? Townhalls budget to put on their fiestas for the villagers, that is the object. Villages have an influx on the night of the local verbena and that is enough, there are quite a few of them trying to reduce the numbers because of the havoc these create, and that is without added tourism.. This adds to the local budget. Local fiestas are not shows put on to entertain the tourist. Anyone is welcome to join in but to open it up to masses is not why they are organised. Keep village fiestas as they are, they are not for sale.

It would help your cause immensely if The Bulletin itself promoted Mallorqui fiestas - particularly on-line.The publication of "What's On" events in the printed version leaves some would-be attendees with as little as a few hours notice. You know well in advance where and when the major festivals take place. At the very least, allowing tourists to plan their holiday itinerary before they arrive would be of enormous benefit to the event organisers. Your new website is an ideal place to launch your own, permanent, calendar of major established fiestas. Get on it.

Why limit it to summer fiestas?????? Surely it's winter tourism we are after and the wealth of Winter fiestas should be part of the promotional package....3 kings, Sant Antonio, Sant Sebastian all in January for example