Mallorca tourism is our economy and don’t forget it
Is Mallorca losing its charm for tourists as locals turn their backs on the very lifeblood of their economy?
We have to educate children about the merits of tourism and its importance to the local economy. True words indeed uttered by the President of the Mallorca Tourist Board, Eduardo Gamero. But I wouldn’t stop there, adults also need the same treatment. “Thank god, I don’t live from tourism,” a bank employee told me last week. I think you do because the vast majority of cash being held by local banks comes from tourism.
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Richard PearsonIs that how you got in? Picking fruit? Take our jobs, live on benefits. Bloody foreigners. Good job we left that mess.
Zoltan TeglasI would like to see some facts AND figures to support your claim. The potatoes are exported before the tourist season starts. The second crop is stored to later supply the hospitality industry. Same as fruit, veg, wine, olives and farm animals. Could they survive selling only to the local population ? Possibly, but not employing the same amount of people, many of whom are Moroccan immigrants.
Just TogetpublishedMost of it is exported. Where do you think those new potatoes you eat in the UK come from?
Zoltan TeglasWho do you think they sell their produce to.
A very important message. This should be important economic curriculum in schools, also about the economic ripple effects, bringning the importance of tourism to incredible 80-90% of GDP. It seems that many adults need to be educated on this as well,
Zoltan TeglasI think the wholesalers and retailers in MercaPalma would disagree with your conclusion.
“ About 80 percent of Balearic GDP comes from tourism” - Well, this is untrue too, and you should know that. It was only last week that your newspaper (sic) was crowing about how 98.6% of Sa Pobla’s potato crop was being exported to the UK to supply their Fish & Chip shops.
'We all live from tourism in Mallorca, one way or the other.' I don't think agricultural workers live from tourism in any way, and that is one of the biggest industries on the island.