Mallorca 'responsible tourism' message at travel fairs in 2024
Particular attention to be paid to emerging tourism markets.
Increased capacity for New York-Palma flights in 2024
Larger planes will be used in 2024.
Mallorca at London's World Travel Market - Will reform of the 'excesses' law overshadow promotion?
Promotional messages will be familiar, but some faces won't be, while there will also be reform of the tourism of excesses law.
Looking to the east - Direct tourist flights from Asia and the Middle East to Mallorca
The first objective is China, but there are also talks with Saudi Arabia and Qatar.
Balearics tourism in September smashed previous records
Up to September, there were over one million more tourists than in the current record year of 2018.
Why Mallorca wants US tourists - They spend twice as much as the British and the Germans
The US is now the eighth largest foreign tourism market in the Balearics.
TUI anticipate a record year for Balearics tourism in 2024
2023 has been "a fantastic year".
Mallorca looking at direct flights for Chinese tourism
Contacts were made with two Chinese airlines at a fair in Istanbul earlier this week.
Colours of Mallorca's Plain for tourism promotion
The promotion of all-year sustainable tourism in Mallorca's Plain region.
Will holidaymakers avoid Mallorca because of hotter summers?
As well as the summer heat, there will be an impact from more expensive air travel.
Spanish tourists flocking to the Balearics for National Day holidays
Trasmed anticipates record occupancy of its ferries from the mainland.
Balearics remain on course to shatter the annual tourism record
Up to August, there were almost one million more tourists than in the current record year of 2018.
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.
Balearic tourism minister: Tourism of excesses law "can be greatly improved"
The tourism of excesses law "has not been able to stop those negative and viral images that we all know".
Record number of flights scheduled for Palma Airport over the winter season
The number of programmed seats is up by almost a quarter.
If sustainability means higher prices for tourism, "we will have to accept this"
Demand will not be affected by higher prices.
The Balearics have become Spain’s summer tourism star
In all, Mallorca’s tourism increased by 4.5%, which included a dip of 9.2% among the Spanish. Ah yes, the Spanish. Mallorca’s become expensive for them, so some tourism industry sources have suggested...
Hoteliers in Mallorca and the Canaries critical of increased cost of flights
Decreased arrival of Spanish tourists in the Balearics and the Canaries this summer.
The excess tourism decree to be given a new name
According to Bauzá, the so-called decree of excesses has been a failure and "to change this negative vision" it will become responsible tourism.
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.
Soller: One of the most beautiful seaside resorts in Europe is in Mallorca
Jetcost users have chosen it along with Cadaqués in Catalonia, Tarifa in Andalusia, Combarro in Galicia and Moraira in the Valencian Community among the 14 most beautiful on the continent.
Who's to blame for Mallorca's "tourist saturation"? The last Balearic government
"115,000 tourist accommodation places were authorised over the eight years."
How far will this tourism season extend?
Low-season tourism in Mallorca is reliant on the German and Spanish markets.
Why talk of tourism record seasons is unhelpful
Growth shouldn't be so bound up in the numbers game of ever more bodies passing through the airports in the summer.
While British and German tourism falls in Spain, it continues to rise in the Balearics
The Balearics continue to be a "first-choice holiday destination".
Summer holidays in the Balearics becoming too expensive for residents
There was something of a boom in inter-island holidaymaking during the pandemic.
No more "tourismphobic policies" in Mallorca
The new councillor for tourism at the Council of Mallorca on tourist saturation, growth and illegal holiday letting.
Three million tourists in a month for the first time ever in the Balearics
The Balearics remain on course to shatter annual tourist records.
Mallorca tourism looking forward to a strong September
The number of seats for Palma flights has increased.
Balearics tourism will be most affected in Spain because of rising summer temperatures
The European Commission has conducted a regional study of the impact of climate change on tourism.
Balearics tourism - Highest price increases in Spain
But demand is said to have been unaffected.
Palma not among Europe's top-ten cities most 'saturated' by tourists
The study found that Dubrovnik was the most saturated European city.
Mixed messages: What actually do Mallorca’s hoteliers want?
Palma Son Sant Joan counted 4,378,210 passengers in July, an increase of 5.9% compared with last year.
Germany's Eurowings increasing summer and winter flights to Mallorca
"Winter looks great on the island," says the CEO of Eurowings.
Government looking at refunding tourist tax payments by Balearic residents
The formula would involve deductions from income tax declarations.
Overcrowding - Mallorca's tourists' greatest concern
A survey of tourist opinion indicates an increasingly negative perception of overcrowding among Mallorca's tourists.
Airport figures suggest that the Balearics are still on course for a record tourism year
July passenger numbers for the airports were all up.
Mallorca's five-star hotels close to capacity as private-jet demand grows
Demand for luxury accommodation unaffected by price increases.
Comment
Changing Mallorca's tourism laws - Why take so long?
To have amendment to the tourism of excesses law in place for the 2024 season would be "extraordinary".
Andrew Ede03/10/2023 20:35