Week In Review
Your seven days news round-up in Mallorca
Public transport, housing, tourism protests, recreational boating...
As UK tourism falls, the Balearic government embarks on a PR campaign to counter anti-tourism reports
In July, UK tourism in the Balearics fell ten per cent by comparison with July 2023.
Call for a national agreement to counter tourism protests
Criticisms of tourism come "with thoughts typical of biased ignoramuses".
Mallorca tourism expecting more growth in the final months of the season
The falls in the British and Spanish tourism markets in July "were not a tragedy".
Transforming Mallorca's tourism - Lowering prices is not the way
It's not that Mallorca and the Balearics could "die of success" but of "inaction".
Tourism model in Mallorca makes people less well off
Housing problems and the high school dropout rate are directly linked to the tourism model.
Will higher summer temperatures lead to an easing of Mallorca's overcrowding?
Research from the BBVA bank is the latest to point to the loss of summer tourist demand due to extreme temperatures.
Tourism for elites - Environmentalists' concern for Mallorca's tourism
Environmentalists GOB are suspicious of the government's sustainability pact; it will be a commitment to "elitism in tourism".
Mallorca is "too expensive" and the anti-tourism protests did have an impact as number of British tourists falls by 10 percent in July
Even problems at Palma airport appear to have had an impact,
Your seven days news round-up in Mallorca
July slump in UK tourism, luxury tourism, high prices, holiday rentals, hotel prices, rave in a cave, leaving Mallorca...
Will holiday prices come down? (And the brotherhood of tourists)
A leading Mallorcan hotelier: "Either we lower prices quickly or people won't come next year."
- Britons cash in on the outgoing Golden Visa in Spain to beat the 90 day rule
- After a holiday in Mallorca Richard Gere moves to Spain
- Laura Hamilton: “I’ve always loved Mallorca, I just wished I’d bought here earlier...”
- Russian-owned Black Pearl in Mallorca
- Noel Gallagher sold his Ibiza home because of his neighbour - James Blunt
Comment
When the Brits didn’t come on holiday
British tourism in July fell by 10 percent and there were 13 percent fewer mainland Spaniards.
Jason Moore06/09/2024 11:28