Tourist tax
Government stands firm on tourist tax
Barceló looking for off-season tax incentives to boost tourism.
Tourism
Balearics topped hotel occupancy rates in 2015
While the national average for hotel occupancy last year was 57.1%, the rate in the Balearics was 75.6%.
Education
Schools given free range over language teaching
The use of a foreign language for actual teaching will be voluntary and will apply across the board from infant to secondary and baccalaureate levels.
Society
Balearic population continues to grow despite fall in EU residents
The third largest group is from the UK, the 15,505 British citizens also being a lower number than previously.
Tourist tax
Businesses use Fitur as stage to attack the tourist tax
"With the latest political decisions adopted in the Balearics, we are going to shoot ourselves in the foot." Gabriel Escarrer Juliá, the president of Meliá Hotels International.
Tourism
Rajoy stresses Spain’s tourism competitiveness ahead of Madrid fair
Tourism, Rajoy observed, is a model that exemplifies the improvement in the Spanish economy in recent years.
Wine
Balearic wine drinkers spend more than other Spaniards
The average annual amount spent on wine in the Balearics is 153.8 euros per annum.
Environment
Seawater quality is excellent in 86% of Balearic samples
The three points where quality was at its most deficient were Camp de Mar in Andratx, Cala Egos in Santanyi and Cala Pedrera, Es Castell in Minorca.
Politics
Armengol: follow our lead and form a left-wing coalition
Balearic president believes that new government in Madrid can be formed without the Partido Popular.
Tourism
Balearics is the second busiest cruise destination
By the end of November last year, Balearic ports had handled 773 cruise liners and 1.7 million passengers.
Construction
Builders predicting recession because of government policy
“It is illogical to take measures which only succeed in frightening away investors and creating a feeling of legal uncertainty in the Balearics.”
Tourism
Balearics the fourth most popular region for holiday rentals
The massive increase in demand for holiday rental accommodation is attributable to various factors, not least websites such as HomeAway.
Politics
PSOE happy for Armengol to explain land decree
The Partido Popular is looking for the president to justify what it deems to have been a decree passed without having sought agreement which will affect some 15,000 jobs.
Tourism
Balearics to promote culture and gastronomy at Fitur travel fair in Madrid
This fair is one of the three large annual European events for the travel and tourism industry - the other two being Berlin’s ITB and London’s World Travel Market.
Tourism
Tourist spending in the Balearics was up by 6% to November
Tourist spending in the Balearics during November (110 million) was down by more than 8% compared with November 2014.
Tourist tax
Tourist tax being “urgently” pushed through to meet June start
The Majorca Hoteliers Federation will look at taking legal measures and “will exhaust” them until they find a solution.
Nautical
Balearics was national leader for boat registrations
There were more boats registered in the Balearics last year than anywhere else in Spain, 709 vessels in all having been registered.
Tourist tax
Tourist tax to be introduced on 1 June
"The tax was a social demand on behalf of a majority of citizens who had voted for change."
Weather
High winds batter Majorca
All four islands experienced winds of up to Force 7 (near gales) and waves of three metres.
Nature
Research finds 400 sperm whales off the Balearics
This association has photographed and identified 86 examples of sperm whale over the past thirteen years, leading it to estimate that the community is around 400.
- Emergency declared on Ryanair flight bound for Palma from Dublin
- British tourists will be “tracked” while on holiday in Mallorca
- 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"