Balearic low-season tourism hasn't grown significantly - "Maybe it's better this way"
The actual number of foreign tourists in the low-season months is much the same as it was in the noughties.
Beaches open in the winter
I’m pleased to hear that the new administration in Calvia are looking at keeping the beaches open in the winter.
Sports tourism - key to the growth of Mallorca's off season
After forty years of strategy, promotion of sports tourism is now truly bearing fruit.
Record number of flights scheduled for Palma Airport over the winter season
The number of programmed seats is up by almost a quarter.
In January this year, the Balearics had 129,000 foreign tourists
In January this year, the Balearics had 129,000 foreign tourists.
Looking for a hotel in Mallorca this Autumn - Winter?
Our 5 top choices for an off-peak stay on the island.
Fly to Mallorca this low season
When and where can I fly to Mallorca from? These are the airlines flying to the island from the UK this Autumn-Winter.
Concern about a blow to Mallorca tourism over the low season
A delay to the Imserso programme. But its benefits are in any event limited.
How far will this tourism season extend?
Low-season tourism in Mallorca is reliant on the German and Spanish markets.
Seats for Palma flights in January and February at record levels
The principal reason is growth in demand from the Spanish market.
No tourism price war for the Balearics
"The strategy of the Balearic tourism sector has not been to compete on prices with Turkey or Egypt."
Tourists in the winter - but where are the police?
"What is the point of promoting tourism in winter, if we can't have something as essential as security?"
Winter tourism is still struggling in Mallorca.
Winter tourism is still struggling in Mallorca.
"Escape the UK" holidays launched but Mallorca is out in the cold
Spanish regions want British winter tourists.
Mallorca tourism and the long days of the dead?
In Mallorca 25% of hotels will stay open over the winter; in Benidorm, 88%.
An opportunity missed. Bring northern Europeans in from the Cold
"As I have said on numerous occasions, Mallorca has a golden opportunity to become a major winter holiday destination; 300 days of sunshine a year rather sums it all up."
Big discounts as Spain takes aim at "Winter Nomads...."
On the Costa del Sol, there is a specific campaign to attract long-stay winter visitors.
Balearic Minister for Tourism avoids the big issue: Saturation
Focos is now on promoting the winter, not the summer.
- Spain wants Britons to show they have 113.40 euros, £97, per day for their holidays
- Big changes on the horizon when Britons travel to Mallorca
- Over two hours for Britons to get through Palma airport queues
- Palma Airport passport control "collapse" put down to unscheduled flights
- Living in a motorhome in Palma: "It'll only get worse"
Comment
Mallorca winter wonderland
It may be a little chilly out there but it is no way near as cold as the UK and low-season bookings for Spain and the Balearics are holding up well.
Humphrey Carter01/12/2023 10:36