Palma17/07/2020 10:52
There has always been a degree of rather misplaced optimism in the Balearics. The perception was that as soon as the lockdown ended tourists would be boarding flights in their millions and heading to our shores. This has obviously not happened and isn´t going to happen, either. What is true is that this summer season will go down as the worst ever in recent history.
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They tried that by closing and demolishing the drug selling enclave near the airport. End result has been that there are now multiple drug selling outlets in and around all over Palma
I wonder if this is the time to completely resolve the bad problem of Magaluf. Could the authorities have a great opportunity to make Magaluf a respectable Urbanisation? I hope so, as they may not get this opportunity again.
If my memory serves me correctly, the editorial staff of this newspaper were also proclaiming to anyone who would listen that the Island would be back to normal at the latest by the middle of June. The man in the street had a different opinion. They were also writing about how clever Sanchez had been in arranging a massive finance deal for the country. The man in the street was not so confident. It turns out that the man in the street has his ear closer to the ground than the people who are supposed to know what is happening in this country.
I don’t think anyone really expected millions to return. And the recent mask policy has put the brakes on the summer numbers getting to any sort of break even point, never mind a profit. It’s been a long time asked about diversification but as long as barriers to entrepreneurship such as the autonomo and an archaic and convoluted tax system are not addressed then becoming less dependent on tourism in Mallorca will mean go an work elsewhere, like many Mallorcans do. Never have I seen such a system throttle ( smaller) businesses the way the Spanish system does.