Meliá Hotels: "One of the best tourist seasons in history"
Mallorca has been one of the strong destinations for Meliá this summer.
Beach in Mallorca
Tourism recovery has produced figures like those in 2019.
June human pressure in the Balearics on a par with 2019
Growth is "unsustainable". "We can't fit everyone into the islands."
Balearic economy slowed down in July
Will a combination of the end of the tourism season and inflation have a greater negative impact than expected?
“Mallorcan politicians need to be asking what young people want, not deciding for them...”
"The politicians should be asking young people want they like to do, get more engaged on the ground..."
How hot does it have to get to deter holidaymakers?
A "clear drop in visitor satisfaction levels" because of this summer's heat.
There hasn't been tourism promotion for high summer "for years"
More important to focus on "regulations" for the main summer months.
Record August employment in the Balearics
The government says that the employment figures and tourist spending justify salary increases.
British tourism ruled supreme in the Balearics in July (don't tell the Germans!!!)
There were more foreign tourists from the UK than from Germany in July.
Bel Busquets speaking at the 2018 British Guild of Travel Writers' Gala Awards Dinner
Bel Busquets speaking at the gala dinner in 2018.
Bel of the ball and when tourism promotion weren't such dirty words
In 2018, it was Més who were organising tourism promotions.
Unions want staff to have a fair share of the massive profits.
Unions want staff to have a fair share of the massive profits.
Tourism growth - 75% over twenty years
2022 tourist numbers look set to be close to those of 2019 - and perhaps more.
Retail sales up in Mallorca, but employers aren't "firing rockets"
Retail associations don't share the government's "triumphalist tone".
Tourism minister - there is a feeling of "saturation"
Last week, Iago Negueruela didn't comment on "tourist saturation".
Travel disruption set to continue as summer season ends
London's Gatwick airport does not plan to extend existing limits on passenger numbers beyond the end of August as it has ramped up security staffing
Sweet and sour weather forecast for this week
"One of the hottest summers on record...."
"Overcrowded Mallorca" in photos
There has been much talk this summer about overcrowding on the island and too many tourists. The government is under pressure to curb the number of holidaymakers in peak season.
"It is essential that the GDP weight of tourism decreases"
Celestí Alomar was the tourism minister who introduced the ecotax in 2002.
- Emergency declared on Ryanair flight bound for Palma from Dublin
- 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"
- Mallorca needs to remember price is king
Comment
Promoting nothing
Then this week the Palma city council announced that they wanted to promote the Playa de Palma, as an area for “nomad businesspeople".
Jason Moore05/09/2022 10:43