Palma11/10/2017 00:00
Majorca is set for a good holiday season next year and probably the next four successive years. A bold statement - do I have a crystal ball? Well the simple answer is no. But I do know something: local hoteliers have decided to give staff a 17 per cent pay rise over the next four years, so obviously they must believe that things are going to be good and there is no need for concern.
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At the rate things are going, there will be a massive shortfall in available accommodation. Licences are not being given to private homeowners to rent their homes out, and other highly restrictive legislation is on the horizon to prevent any competition with hoteliers. This is going to hit the highly sought after finca market very badly, and we shall be seeing and feeling the results in the years to come with hardly any AirB+B property available. A lot of tourists simply do want to stay in tourist designated areas and in same-same hotels. It's also going to affect the housing market. Not many people will want to buy here when they cannot rent out their properties in summer, to tourists to help with their expenses. Madrid should step in and sort this mess out.
Of course the hoteliers are happy - most of the politicians are dancing to their tune.
Perhaps you should change your name to Nostradamus because nobody else could predict what might happen in the next four years,especially as Brexit and a general election will both take place in this time period and we have the continuing fall of the pound and more job losses in the UK.
Judging by the prices they are charging, they only need to be 10% full to turn a profit!!
Delighted to read the Hotel Staff are being awarded a 17% pay rise. For many years they have been poorly paid. The Staff are the lifeblood of the Hotels. Very rich Hotel Groups should continue this trend. I hope it is the same for the 2 and 3 Star Hotels. The Editor has stated continued high levels of Tourism to Mallorca, in the future. I hope his prophesy is good.
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