“Magalluf is a safe, quality resort we want everyone to come and enjoy in harmony”
“Moving forward, the emphasis is no longer going to be on quantity, it is going to be on quality."
Balearics warned of a red hot summer this year
2022 was the sixth-warmest year since records began in 1880
Balearic holiday panic due to UK passport strike
Holidays plans face being thrown into disarray
Balearic nautical industry wants everybody on board for a steady future
“It’s all very well taxing the rich to cover the region’s deficit but if the millionaires did not come each year with their yachts, my company, for example, and many others, would neither be able to exist and generate important revenue for the local economy nor employ the thousands of people working in the industry."
Passport strike pain for Britons heading to the Balearics
"Keeping summer delays down will be an immense task.”
Balearic spring is going to be a warmer one
Winter has been very varied with record highs and heavy snow.
Mallorca billionaire visitor gets a lecture from Putin
Russian super yachts and their owners have stayed away from Mallorca since war broke out.
Balearics could lose the battle of beer prices
The Balearics authorities will certainly want to avoid a beer price war.
An extra 15 pounds on UK flights to the Balearics
APD rise will apply to passengers aged over 16.
United States to Palma direct flight ready for take-off
United transported more than 9,600 American tourists to Palma last summer
Black Eyed Peas to light up Mallorca music festival
will.i.am bringing one of the biggest pop/hip-hop groups on the planet to Mallorca.
Balearic cost of living spikes, fresh food up by 16%
Booze and fas have risen by over 10%.
Balearics will not raise the tourist tax
Private jets, cruise ships and yachts could be charged the tourist tax.
Palma council on another wind-up over bar and restaurant terraces
New "yellow zones" have been marked out outside bars and restaurants.
Warning of British passport control chaos this summer in Mallorca
Spanish airline association calling for more border staff ahead of the influx of British visitors.
Balearics will ask Madrid to declare Mallorca a disaster zone after Storm Juliette
Thousands of fallen trees need to be cleared before the forest fire season.
Fresh call to limit foreigners buying houses in the Balearic and Canary Islands
Non-residents being blamed for rise in property prices.
British tourists being “spied” on in the Balearics
Scheme is being questioned by the Spanish media.
Comment
English bashing
It’s not just British tourists heading to Spain who are getting a hard time, so too is the English language.
Humphrey Carter 16/03/2023 15:19