Marga Prohens with Héctor Gómez in Palma.
Marga Prohens with Héctor Gómez in Palma.
Balearics wants EU to help combat illegal holiday lets
The Balearics receives more than 15 million tourists throughout the year.
Holiday lets in Mallorca
“Illegal” holiday lets to tourists are hugely unpopular and against the law
Your home, your castle in Mallorca
“Home owners should be allow to rent their homes to tourists as long they pay tax on their earnings and meet the necessary standards”
Protest graffiti against holiday lets in Palma, Mallorca
Graffiti from some years ago opposing holiday lets in Palma.
Illegal holiday lets in Mallorca and the Balearics will be sealed off
The emergency housing decree was due to have been approved on Friday.
Balearic tourism minister: Tourism of excesses law "can be greatly improved"
The tourism of excesses law "has not been able to stop those negative and viral images that we all know".
End of Mallorca's tourism season - time to protest
When EU tourism ministers gather in Palma, they can expect to be greeted with protests.
Balearics wages war on illegal holiday rentals starting in Mallorca
Objective is one of the Council of Mallorca's main policies.
Your weekly news catch-up in Mallorca
The stories that made the headlines this week in Mallorca.
Week in Review: Bumper season, affordable homes, illegal holiday lets and free water
The stories that made the headlines this week in Mallorca.
Image of a swimming pool at a vacation home in the Balearics
Image of a swimming pool at a vacation home in the Balearics.
The party is over in Mallorca!
Maximum fines of 30,000 and owners will lose tourist licence.
Fines of 1.36 million euros for two Palma buildings used for illegal holiday lets
The two buildings in Palma have been operating without the necessary licence.
Your seven days news round-up in Mallorca
Social imbalances caused by tourism, new hydrogen plant in Lloseta, tourism talk, fines for illegal holiday lets, housing crisis, squatters and rural luxury contamination...
- Britons cash in on the outgoing Golden Visa in Spain to beat the 90 day rule
- After a holiday in Mallorca Richard Gere moves to Spain
- Laura Hamilton: “I’ve always loved Mallorca, I just wished I’d bought here earlier...”
- The 90 day rule does have some positive results in Spain!
- German low-season tourism in Mallorca set for a new record
Comment
Are 36% of homes in the Balearics really illegal holiday lets?
The housing minister has said that there are some 235,000 illegal holiday let properties in the Balearics.
Andrew Ede22/10/2023 09:14