Passengers arriving at the airport in Menorca in summer 2020
Won't be seeing this for a bit yet.
Call for action over Palma's horse-drawn carriages
Progreso en Verde is demanding that Palma City Council change the decree to prevent the horse-drawn carriages from being used in high temperatures.
Price control for PCR and antigen tests
Setting a maximum price is to "protect citizens".
Mallorca misses out as Portugal clinches 'Green' list status
TUI and British Airways have also added extra flights to Portugal to their schedules.
Passengers at Ibiza Airport
The government will be highlighting the safety of travel.
Balearic government to hold tourism talks in Berlin
Meetings with TUI and the German travel association.
Airlines & Travel Companies slam UK's 'Green' List
"The government must flick those amber lights to green as soon as it possibly can.."
Discounted cruises for NHS, Emergency Workers & Armed Forces
More companies are likely to offer discounts for cruise ships that stop in Mallorca and other Spanish ports once the travel restrictions are relaxed.
Mallorca will find out if it's on the UK's 'Green' list in a few hours
The list will be reviewed every three weeks and insiders predict that Spain, Greece and France will be green listed at the end of June.
'On the day' changes for holidays in Mallorca & other destinations
TUI, easyJet, Ryanair and British Airways are also offering customers similar deals.
The week in tourism: Tourism ministerial meltdown
What is going on in the Balearic Ministry of Tourism? What had been expected?
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German tourist numbers in Mallorca increased in the second half of March.
600,000 fewer first-quarter foreign tourists than in 2019
A fall of 86% compared with 2019 and of 77% with last year.
Universal Travel Certificate could be a lifeline for Mallorca
“The aim is to work out how best to share scientific data at a global level to form a universally recognised certification of vaccination..”
Various requirements for obtaining tourist vouchers
The vouchers are only available to residents of the Balearics.
Conversion in Magalluf would cost 42 million euros
conversion in Magalluf would cost 42 million euros
The Blog: The cost of converting Mallorca’s hotels
There is a political consensus as well as a business consensus that adjustments need to be made on Mallorca's tourism sector.
- 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"
Comment
The Blog: Changing the model, but how many tourists are enough?
Prior to Covid, Mallorca was receiving some 10.5 million foreign tourists per annum.
Andrew Ede05/05/2021 13:26