Call for free accommodation for summer doctors in Mallorca
In Galicia, accommodation for doctors who reinforce the health service in summer is to be free.
No sunloungers for Can Picafort ... for now
It wouldn’t be the start of the season without there being a row about the non-provision of beach services.
Balearics leads the annual fall in unemployment in March
Service sector is driving the employment recovery.
Seventy per cent of Mallorca's hotels will be closed by end-October
Average hotel occupancy in September was 70%.
British tourists return to Portugal
A Ryanair flight from Manchester arrives at Faro Airport on the first day that Britons are allowed to enter Portugal without needing to quarantine, as coronavirus disease (COVID-19) restrictions continue to ease, in Faro, Portugal.
Should the tourist tax be scrapped this summer?
Cala Comtessa beach on Mallorca
Cala Comtessa beach on Mallorca.
Tourists in May 2019 getting ready to start the summer season in Puerto Alcudia
Tourists in May 2019 getting ready to start the summer season in Puerto Alcudia.
Viewpoint: Price is going to be king
Vaccines may be the key, but so too will be holiday prices this year.
Balearics could get UK travel green light
At present, Germany regards six regions of Spain, including the Balearic Islands, as low risk - hence the Easter influx of German tourists to Mallorca.
Europe's COVID-19 setbacks risk another summer travel washout
Concern rising due to new lockdowns and slow vaccine rollout.
Rifts over COVID vaccines weigh on EU push to reopen summer travel
EU countries will be under pressure to agree a common position swiftly for their 450 million people.
Mallorca is selling
Determined UK holiday makers are booking and Majorca has dropped its prices.
Leisure
One of the largest superyachts in the world in Palma
Superyacht Yas, moored in Palma's Club de Mar.
- Britons could be denied entry to the Balearics next year
- British residents taking drastic action over driving licences
- First day of Ryanair strike could affect 73,200 passengers on Friday
- Mallorca Live: Making some changes after first day problems
- Palma delays because of air-traffic control and Ryanair strikes
Comment
Comment: Policing Mallorca’s summer
The hoteliers are calling for the summer police operation to start earlier than July.
Andrew Ede21/04/2022 09:38