15.3 million international tourists visited the Balearics in 2024
The United States consolidated its position as an important source market with 4.2 million tourists.
UK nationals need to be up to speed with entry rules and regulations for Spain.
UK nationals need to be up to speed with entry rules and regulations for Spain.
Foreign Office updates guide for UK travellers to Spain
British nationals living in Spain do not need their passports to be stamped. Actively show your proof of residence, such as the foreigner’s identity card (‘la tarjeta de identidad de extranjero’ or ‘TIE’), when presenting your passport at Spanish border control.
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“We will propose to ban these non-EU foreigners who are not residents, and their relatives, from buying houses in our country since they only do so to speculate,” Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has stated
Visitors now have to provide up to 42 items of information.
Visitors now have to provide up to 42 items of information.
Spain’s “big brother” tourist controls should be axed
Proposed suspension of Royal Decree 933/2021, which tightens up the registration of travellers, until the European Commission finalises its analysis of the possible breach of the European Data Protection Regulation.
The hospitality sector is crying out for seasonal staff in Mallorca.
The hospitality sector is crying out for seasonal staff in Mallorca.
UK Travel industry wants an ease of freedom of movement for seasonal workers
The number of UK nationals in temporary roles within the tourism sector across Europe has declined significantly – by 69% – since the UK’s departure from the EU.
Britons in Spain being urged to get the TIE card.
Britons in Spain being urged to get the TIE card.
Urgent ID warning for Britons living in Spain
The Spanish Government are encouraging all Green Certificate holders to exchange their paper document for the biometric TIE as soon as possible.
Archive image of a horseshoe whip snake in Mallorca.
Archive image of a horseshoe whip snake in Mallorca.
It’s not just snakes “invading” the Balearics
The administration has banned the importation of olive trees during the horseshoe snake’s hibernation period in an attempt to tackle the problem.
More rules and regulations for short property lets.
More rules and regulations for short property lets.
New one-stop shop for short-term rentals in Spain
The regulation will apply to tourist rentals, seasonal rentals, room rentals and other properties that allow short-term accommodation and involve financial remuneration.
The raccoon population is growing in Mallorca.
The raccoon population is growing in Mallorca.
Mallorca raccoon invasion
Control of the raccoon in the Serra de Tramuntana, in Mallorca, has been intensified with the acquisition of 150 cages and 85 photo-detection cameras and the reinforcement of the field team with a full-time person and a vehicle.
Gordon Ramsay to open Europe’s first Hell’s Kitchen in the Balearics.
Gordon Ramsay to open Europe’s first Hell’s Kitchen in the Balearics.
Gordon Ramsay opens in the Balearics
Ramsay has said he is ‘very excited to bring Hell’s Kitchen to Ibiza this summer season’ and has highlighted the island’s ‘incredible energy’, as well as ‘its lively nightlife and world-class cuisine.
Nineties boy band who lost a member in Mallorca get candid in ‘atypical’ documentary
Band member Stephen Gately, who caused a sensation in the pop world in 1999 when he announced he was gay, died while on holiday in Andratx, Mallorca in 2009, aged 33.
Backlash against more cruise ships in Mallorca
Palma needs “fewer and smaller cruise ships”.
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