Majorca tourism

Mallorca tourism demand for products "exceeding forecasts"

The downside is the rise in prices

The ports are handling tonnage at least equivalent to 2019. | Archive

Andrew EdePalma30/07/2022 07:39

Demand from hotels, restaurants and supermarkets in Mallorca has led to distributors' forecasts for the supply of products being exceeded. Shipping companies confirm what the ADED distributors' association is saying - tourism reactivation has meant that the season is going "very well". The association's president, Bartomeu Servera, observes that it is exceeding "even the most optimistic forecasts".

In Palma, the port has been handling tonnage at least equivalent to that of 2019. But there is the downside - and that is the rise in prices. Servera says that since September last year, prices have been "out of control". He points to increases up to 60% for certain products.

For the hotel sector, the Mallorca Hoteliers Federation indicates that average occupancy in July was 93%, five percentage points higher than in 2019. August is expected to be similar, while September, notes president Maria Frontera, is returning to the "remarkable" pattern of demand that existed before the pandemic. Only October is underperforming - demand is at present "far from the pre-pandemic level".

While tourism activity has been very good since Easter, Frontera adds that the increase in operating costs is having a "negative impact" on hotels' bottom lines.

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Zoltan Teglas | about 1 year ago

I'm waiting for some of commentators on here to praise the 'communist' government for this success. It wasn't long ago that they were telling us that the government was destroying Mallorca and there would be no tourism etc. So surely some praise is now due.

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Morgan Williams | about 1 year ago

I remember back in 2021and early 2022, when, while bookings for both the 2021 autumn/winter and the 2022hivh season were already exceptionally strong, it was generally published here that 2022 tourism would struggle, because Brits, weren't booking. I commented several times about this. Surprise! Bookings exceeded all expectations. Currently, everybody in my patch is booked through October. November is normally weak anyway, December picks up in the last half of the month (many are already booked for Christmas/new years). Bookings for 2023 are already coming in. April and may booking are stronger than usual for this early. Booking next year's high season usually start around October. So, if 2022 was supposed to struggle, and now the winter is going to be rough, then perhaps it's a sign that it will be a record year for off-season bookings? And 2023 breaking new records?