Tourism
Best summer ever for Balearic hotel chains
While the Spanish market is bouncing back and assisting with occupancy levels, the British market is also strong.
Tourism
Barceló will impose standards for holiday apartment legalisation
Regional tourism minister, Vice-President Biel Barceló, has told hoteliers from Ibiza and Formentera that there will be no “massive” legalisation of private apartments for holiday rental.
Animal welfare
Blood tests for Palma’s horses
"The municipal vets are, in the meantime, carrying out three inspections a day, three days a week."
Tourism
Confusion over eco-tax introduction
The absence of the eco-tax - which was a central policy for both Podemos and Més during the election campaign - led to differing explanations by the partners in government.
Roads
Environmentalists want slow lanes for Llucmajor-Campos road
GOB said that it had wanted to address the “urgent” matter of the road.
Palma airport
Another record month at Palma airport as Majorca tops last-minute booking spot
July adds to a cumulative result for the first seven months of the year which has seen a 2.5% increase in passenger traffic to 13,044,906 in total.
Spain jobs
Temp jobs are growing fast in Spain but is that a good thing?
It may seem strange, then, that Adecco, the world’s largest staffing agency, is seeing its fastest growth in these places.
Pollution
International action needed to tackle plastic pollution: GOB
The root of the problem of the waste has to be addressed.
Soller tunnel
Call to scrap Soller tunnel toll
Topics discussed included the renewal of fleets through introducing electric vehicles, coaches run on gas and LPG
Air tariffs
Inter-island flat-rate air price proposal receives business support
“We believe, however, that this should go further and be extended to essential routes serving Madrid, Barcelona and Valencia"
Historical memory
Town halls lack funding for exhumations
There is a worry that there won't be the funding to permit exhumations called for by the law.
Eco-tax
GOB says that eco-tax does not harm tourism
Stats show that tourist spending in Catalonia went up between 2012 and 2013 and then again between 2013 and 2014.
Winter flights
Rural tourism hard hit by lack of winter flights
“If the number of flights increased and the demand grew, then the island would have the accommodation available to tackle seasonality.”
Real Club Nautico
Eyewitness account from skipper of yacht which rescued sailor
“The pants were bad for swimming, but they gave me buoyancy,” Rodriguez said later as he prepared to continue with his plans to compete in the regatta.
Winter flights
Cracking winter flights
Yesterday, the Balearic government announced its intention to set to work on opening up more winter air routes between the Balearics and the principal European tourism markets.
Tourism
Tour operators in "trade war" for Majorca's hotel places
European tour operators are currently engaged in a battle to ensure that they have as many hotel places for the 2016 summer season as possible.
- Spain wants Britons to show they have 113.40 euros, £97, per day for their holidays
- Spanish pensioners stuck at Palma Airport for fourteen hours
- Over two hours for Britons to get through Palma airport queues
- Palma Airport passport control "collapse" put down to unscheduled flights
- Sunloungers set ablaze in Alcudia
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Humphrey Carter15/08/2015 00:00