The Balearics wass the fourth most popular destination in Spain over the past week, with 14.5% of total bookings, behind Andalusia (18%), Catalonia (16.8%) and the Canary Islands (15.1%).
The majority of bookings were made 90 days in advance, accounting for 32.7% of the total, and 8.1% were so-called ‘last minute’ bookings because they were made on the same day or the day before departure.
Of the bookings registered in the last seven days in Spain, 49.6% were made by couples, with 23% of bookings for solo travellers, and 48.5% of travellers booking for between 2 and 5 nights, according to TravelgateX.
Among the main nationalities that have made reservations in the last 7 days through TravelgateX, Spaniards stand out with 50.9%, followed by the British (23.1%), Germans (3.7%) and Americans (2.9%).
However, more than half of holidaymakers would change their travel plans if aware of overtourism in a popular destination at peak times, according to research for Travel Weekly’s latest Insight Report.
Exclusive consumer research in January found 55% of those planning an overseas holiday this year agreed they would change their plans if their intended destination was “experiencing overtourism”.
Two out of three holidaymakers (62%) and almost three out of four adults with children (72%) agreed they would change their plans “if aware there had been protests against too many visitors to a destination”.
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Oh.. ok.. this appears to be a syndicated tabloid pseudo-schadenfreude contradictory article. https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/spanish-island-panic-tourist-bookings-10015893 It's not MDBs fault. Nobody knows where this actually originated.
Hmm.... Tabloid maths again?
Your headline is immediately contradicted by your copy. 22.5% up on the same period last year ( which was a bonanza year) is not what I would call struggling. Deary me.
Well. it´s been Raining on and off for a week and pretty much overcast every day but hey it´s good for the island and all the Global warming freak´s who love to go to the beach and then talk about warm it is and now it´s too cold , god bless the rain , maybe people will start going to England for the Sunshine but they will need to fill in a lot of paperwork to do that .