Andrew Ede
Background in business publishing. Started an online blog about Mallorca in 2005, which went daily in 2007, covering culture, environment, history, politics, tourism and more. Became a regular contributor to the Bulletin in 2010 before joining the staff a few years later.
The Blog
What if you never come down?
In Majorca, the so-called botellón is a rough equivalent to a rave.
The Blog
All the world’s a theme park
Assuming that travel does return to normal, there remains the sheer voracity of tourism, an industry which is unquestionably vital for economies and is estimated to be worth (along with travel) 8.9 trillion US dollars at a global level.
The Blog
The uncertainties of summer
“Your brain doesn’t like uncertainty - it’s like a type of pain, something to be avoided.”
The Week That Was
The long March of every child
Education minister Martí March was having to sort out the "vuelta al cole". Will all children now have to walk to school?
The Blog
This wasn’t supposed to have happened
De-escalation hinted at the light at the end of the tunnel. Or was it the light at the end of a corridor, wherein were thermographic cameras and travellers with Passenger Locator Cards?
The Week in Tourism
Rethinking the UK quarantine
This revisits the UK quarantine decision and is of the view that it was a political matter and not a scientific one.
The Blog
Letizia and that bag
Away from Majorca, the media was full of praise for the Queen, and the fashion pages lapped up the images of her with what was being described as her “favourite” bag.
The Blog
The Council presents ... a low-key observatory
The observatory will be an “important” tool for “positioning Majorca as a sustainable, safe and modern destination and one of quality”.
Enjoying Majorca
Saints, plagues and the last of the summer melon
Vilafranca’s melon fest, which also features a contest to judge the largest melons, doesn’t have any saintly connotations.
The Blog
Rip it Up and start again?
There are certain politicians whose crisis can only have been bad. The Balearic finance minister, Rosario Sánchez, is one.
Lifestyle
What's on in Majorca 25-30 August
Mallorca Live Festival continues in Magalluf; final concerts for the Pollensa and Sa Pobla festivals; more concerts for the Port Adriano season. Just some of this week's events.
Northern Spotlight
Controlling beach capacities
This week in the North of the island more on beach closures, water problems in Playa de Muro and Puerto Pollensa, communications in Pollensa, the circus in Alcudia and list of events taking place this weekend and next week.
The Week In Tourism
Where’s the international leadership for tourism?
“In these uncertain times, citizens around the world need strong, clear and consistent messages”.
Viewpoint
Now it’s the Canaries
The call in the Canaries is once more for “clear and specific measures”, such as testing travellers at origin and on arrival.
The Blog
Camping: the missing part of the mix
Camping can coexist with hotels in Catalonia, but not here.
The Blog
The long hot summer’s just passed us by
There have to be some answers. Real leadership is required. Not sad faces and mere safe corridor default.
Northern Spotlight
Covid panic and false information
False news and crowding of beaches, murky water in Puerto Pollensa, Justice of the Peace saga, messages from Can Picafort, health centre closed in Santa Margalida and What's on in the north are this week's news from the north of the island.
The Week in Tourism
Selling safety
The number of active coronavirus cases in the Balearics now being registered is on a par with with the number in the dark days of early lockdown.
- Emergency declared on Ryanair flight bound for Palma from Dublin
- Mallorca ambassador Sir Bradley Wiggins has “lost” his Mallorca home
- Mallorca restaurants losing clients, tourists tighten their belts
- Mallorca hotelier - "I wouldn't go to a place where I perceived there to be animosity towards tourists"
- Mallorca needs to remember price is king
Viewpoint
Safe travel
Masks were being worn, but social distancing was generally conspicuous by its absence.
Andrew Ede 26/08/2020 12:51