Balearics hotel bookings rise 40% compared with 2019
The report confirms the overwhelmingly last-minute nature of bookings.
Palma and Playa de Palma hotels all staying open in September
72 Palma-Cala Major hotels, and 98 in Playa de Palma.
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“The tourist industry needs to start planning for the future but the future is rather uncertain”
“The tourist industry needs to start planning for the future but the future is rather uncertain”
Playa de Palma hotel subcontractor fined
“If the company had adhered to the rules covering the minimum days off per week it would have been easy to prove it.."
Row over tourist accommodation in Mallorca
The Environment Commission has called on the Consell to establish a moratorium through the revision of the Insular Territorial Plan.
Changing Calvia's tourism model needs more public spending
Greater exclusivity has to be backed up by investment in infrastructure.
Rain until September: the week in Mallorca
Things could only get better than expected; the rain came bang on cue; and there were futile gestures.
"Not possible" to predict a lengthening of the tourism season
The increasing trend for last-minute reservations doesn't allow predictions to be made of a longer season.
Summer season better than expected in Mallorca
"Hotels that usually cater for German customers have done better than those catering for British tourists..”
Calvia mayor calls for change of tourism "outlook"
The pandemic will "undoubtedly accelerate some processes already started" in the tourism industry.
Mallorca a British favourite despite the amber list
Most green list destinations are not where the British would take their summer holidays.
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Meeting of Balearic government and tourism industry representatives
Everyone wants the season to be as long as possible.
Maintaining flights vital to extending Mallorca's tourism season
"We have recovered two out of three of 2019's tourists."
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The number of foreign tourists visiting Spain jumped to 4.4 million in July
The number of foreign tourists visiting Spain jumped to 4.4 million in July
Hoteliers hoping to cash in on cycling tourism
“The objective is to be able to recover this segment of the tourist market between this winter and the next.."
Optimism for German tourism in the autumn
The school summer holidays haven't ended in all of the German states.
Balearics the national leader for foreign tourists
The Balearics attracted 1.3 million foreign tourists in July.
August passenger numbers at Palma Airport 90% of 2019
Some 3.9 million passengers in August.
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“I think we can say that summer 2021 marked the start of the recovery in the tourist industry....”
“I think we can say that summer 2021 marked the start of the recovery in the tourist industry....”
- 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
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Viewpoint: A step in the right direction
“I think we can say that summer 2021 marked the start of the recovery in the tourist industry....”
Jason Moore30/08/2021 10:47