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.
Who pays for Mallorca's tourist resorts?
Calvia's mayor is leading calls for funding to come from taxes like IVA (VAT).
The great "unlearning": Mallorca's tourism of the future
"Coexistence between residents and tourists, it's a crucial strategy for the future of tourism in Mallorca."
Playa de Palma businesses thankful for extra police over Easter
The level of Easter business has not met expectations.
- Britons will soon have to provide fingerprints landing in Mallorca
- No capacity for growth? Too expensive? TUI expect a record number of tourists in the Balearics in 2025
- Alcudia top “Most Beautiful Town in Spain”
- Fight over the best flat alerted neighbours to an attempted occupation by squatters in Palma
- Spanish warning about insect dangerous for people and deadly for dogs
Comment
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?
Andrew Ede25/05/2024 11:49