Up to forty per cent of properties are holiday lets - Can this be justified?
Pollensa’s rental activity has existed for decades and to such an extent that the number of accommodation places has consistently outstripped those offered by hotels in the municipality.
Holiday villas in Mallorca all but booked out for August
Mallorca has the highest level of bookings in the country.
Huge fines and licence withdrawal for holiday rentals used for illegal parties
The problem with illegal parties is particularly acute in Ibiza.
Holiday rentals represent 80 million euros investment per year
This is investment related to property maintenance.
Balearics have highest percentage of holiday rentals in Spain
Buger has the highest percentage in the whole country.
Holiday home in Mallorca
Bookings are predominantly for the German market.
A better summer forecast for holiday rentals in Mallorca
Habtur president Toni Barceló (left) and Pimem president Jordi Mora.
Holiday rentals association predicting 80% summer occupancy
Habtur wants a health "traffic light" system that distinguishes between regions and whole countries.
Puerto Pollensa, Mallorca
In Pollensa over 20% of properties are for holiday rental.
Balearics have the highest percentage of holiday rentals in Spain
Nine per cent of all holiday rental properties in Spain are in the Balearics.
Property
Big apartments difficult to rent
ABSI says around 30% of holiday apartments have been changed to long term rentals.
Holiday lets in Mallorca
Tourists walking around the streets.
- 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"