June tourist 'saturation' and Spanish students
The students represent only a small fraction of overall tourist numbers, but they also represent a major headache.
Mallorca tourism protest “is just the beginning”
Tourism generates 45% of the islands’ gross domestic product.
The Balearic government's brave new (tourism) world
Will it become a reality or is the tourism model brave new world the stuff of fiction?
Be careful what you wish for...
All you need is for Turkey, Greece or Croatia to reduce their prices and the Balearic dream of fewer tourists will become a reality.
How long will it be before measures to tackle Mallorca tourist overcrowding have an impact?
Some results from various working parties are anticipated in the autumn.
Gathering in Palma, Mallorca to discuss the pact for tourism and economic sustainability
President and the many who gathered in Palma on Wednesday.
Balearic president - "Tourism cannot continue to grow in volume"
The first meeting for the pact for the sustainability of the Balearics was on Wednesday.
Hoteliers hoping for a "constructive spirit" at Wednesday's great debate about tourism
Representatives of around one hundred political parties, associations, organisations, etc. will gather on Wednesday.
Two million more tourists in 2024? Tourism growth in the Balearics is out of control
It is not inconceivable that the total number of tourists in 2024 could touch 20 million.
This island depends on tourism
This island depends on tourism,
A better life with less tourism, according to a Mallorca survey
A great majority of people whose jobs depend on tourism believe this.
Mallorca overcrowding - "We've gone too far; we have to turn back"
A congress in June will draw up a strategy for a sustainable tourism model.
Mallorca's attractions boosted by pensioner holidays
The number of visits to attractions is said to have increased by 70%.
The responsible tourism decree that wasn't responsible
How was it possible to reduce fines for behaviour that had been classified as excessive?
Housing in Mallorca and the concerns for social conflict
A message of a video by a group of residents in Sencelles was: "They are throwing us out of our homes, out of our town and eventually out of Mallorca."
Archive photo of the Playa de Palma without any sunloungers on the beach
Archive photo of the Playa de Palma without any sunloungers on the beach.
Will air tax increase affect German tourism in Mallorca?
The air tax was increased on May 1, right on cue for the start of the tourism season.
Mallorca still waiting for new "responsible tourism" law
The tourism minister had promised to present the amended law before Easter.
Mallorca residents to be consulted about tourist overcrowding
Spain's tourism agency, Turespaña, is conduct a survey to measure the social sustainability of tourism.
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Comment
When the key players are missing...
“How can you devise a future tourism model for the Balearics without the tour operators, travel agents and airlines?”
Jason Moore31/05/2024 09:38