Mallorca and the PR battleground
The challenges that have arisen haven’t rewritten the PR manual, but they have made a principle of positive image that much more difficult to apply.
TUI say Mallorca is becoming too expensive
The tourism ministry says price increases reflect efforts to push quality over quantity.
Tourists' favourite places in Mallorca in the winter
For a German publication it is perhaps unsurprising that Playa de Palma features so prominently.
No decision on Balearic tourist tax increase until March
If there is an increase, it will be for June to August.
Airbnb to provide a Mallorca phone service for residents to report "disturbances"
For reporting Airbnb tourist noise, vandalism and anti-social behaviour.
Madrid Fitur 2025
The Balearic Government presents an investment of 1.12 billion in sustainability at Fitur.
Mallorca heads to the Madrid tourism fair with record numbers but also great challenges
Less about promotion, more about sustainable tourism and responsible tourism messaging.
Formentera, Menorca and Palma, among the finalists in National Geographic Travel Awards
The magazine highlights the historical and cultural richness of its old town, its medieval streets and its “imposing Cathedral”.
The impossibility of camping and caravan holidays in Mallorca
An association of caravaners and campers wants regulatory change, but the omens are not good.
Lonely Planet included Palma among its top ten cities to visit in 2025
Lonely Planet included Palma among its top ten cities to visit in 2025.
The curious case of the Fodor’s ‘No List’
There was nothing new, but somehow the treatment of the list rumbled on for a couple of weeks or more.
Motorhome dwellers want nothing to do with Palma protest by motorhome 'tourists'
"They have a tourist and recreational purpose. What they are complaining about is an insignificant problem."
Last summer's mass tourism protest in Palma.
Last summer's mass tourism protest in Palma.
Two Boeing 737-8AS passenger aircrafts of Ryanair airline
Will air travel prices increase?
Tourist limits: There are no magic numbers
Destinations should decide their maximum tolerable thresholds based on what they consider to be important
Head of tourism at the Council of Mallorca denounced for alleged attempted assault
The tourism councillor, José Marcial Rodríguez, flatly denies all the accusations made in an anonymous complaint.
Is Mallorca reaching its tourist ceiling?
Growth in tourist numbers in 2024 was lower than in the other main tourist regions of Spain.
Rural tourism in the Balearics breaks all records
"An extraordinary year" for agrotourism and inland tourism.
Comment
Mallorca’s tourism - Where’s the sustainability?
Are tourists, urged to be responsible, being let down by those charged with bringing about sustainability?
Andrew Ede24/01/2025 09:56