Germany lists all of Spain as COVID-19 risk area
The move includes the popular Balearic and Canary islands.

I do find it rather unusual that restaurants and bars don´t have their menus in German
I do find it rather unusual that restaurants and bars don´t have their menus in German
Look out, there are tourists about! plus - a property sales surge?
If government allow island travel and tourism to go ahead, it is hardly the fault of those arriving here...

Arrival of flights from Germany at Palma airport
Arrival of flights from Germany at Palma airport
Easter tourism: there was no invitation
Nowhere in any of this was there a suggestion that Mallorca was flinging the doors open to German tourists at Easter.

Tourists chill and take drinks in terrace bars in Paguera beach
Tourists chill and take drinks in terrace bars in Paguera beach.

Tourists from Germany arrive at Palma Airport
German tourists arrive to Palma airport.
Too much, too soon?
The Mallorcans are quite capable themselves of driving numbers up without help from outsiders!

Tourists sit at the terrace bar "Zu Krone" in Playa de Palma beach
Tourists sit at the terrace bar "Zu Krone" in Playa de Palma beach.

Tourists from Germany dance at El Arenal beach in Mallorca
Tourists from Germany dance at El Arenal beach in Mallorca.

Tourists sit next to the sea in Playa de Palma beach in Mallorca
Tourists sit next to the sea in Playa de Palma beach in Mallorca.

An open terrace bar is seen next to Palma de Mallorcas cathedral
An open terrace bar is seen next to Palma de Mallorcas cathedral.

A customer waits to be served in an open terrace bar next to Palma de Mallorca's cathedral
A customer waits to be served in an open terrace bar next to Palma de Mallorca's cathedral following Berlin's lifted quarantine requirement for travelers returning from the Balearic Islands.

Christian, Uruguayan waiter and co-owner of the terrace bar "Zu Krone" serves customers in Playa de Palma beach
Christian, Uruguayan waiter and co-owner of the terrace bar "Zu Krone" serves customers in Playa de Palma beach in Palma de Mallorca following Berlin's lifted quarantine requirement for travelers returning from the Balearic Islands.

German tourists can be seen at a hotel in the Playa de Palma
German tourists can be seen at a hotel in the Playa de Palma.
Comment
Then we take Berlin ...
Something else that Mallorca knows, and quite obviously, is that that this market stays put once it’s on holiday - stays put in Mallorca, that is
Andrew Ede13/03/2023 16:25