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The enormity of Mallorca's tourism growth
A record tourism year is one thing; the massive increase in tourist numbers is another.
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.
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.
If sustainability means higher prices for tourism, "we will have to accept this"
Demand will not be affected by higher prices.
Rather than diversifying, Mallorca's tourism dependence is intensifying
"It is necessary to contain tourism and the real-estate sector."
Tourism in Mallorca "should not keep growing"
Spain's secretary-of-state for tourism reiterates a Balearic strategy to diversify beyond sun and beach.
Whose islands are they, anyway?
Mallorca has been looking to attract even more French, Italians and Spanish this year, only to now discover that the British and Germans are in full recovery mode
"It is essential that the GDP weight of tourism decreases"
Celestí Alomar was the tourism minister who introduced the ecotax in 2002.
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Vision of Mallorca through a bejewelled prism
Insatiable growth is eating Mallorca, and tourism politicians seem intent on inviting ever more exotic guests to dine out.
Andrew Ede31/12/2023 15:51