Your weekly news catch up in Mallorca
The stories that made the headlines this week (Friday, June 9 to Thursday, June 15)
Spanish students arriving for holidays in Mallorca
Spanish students arriving at the airport.
Five days of partying - Spanish students arrive in Mallorca
Tour operators have been warning students that there are penalties for antisocial behaviour.
Arenal security plan for Spanish students starts on Friday
An attempt to control the unwanted effects of so-called study trips.
Your weekly news catch-up in Mallorca
This week Jeff Bezos in Mallorca, new hotel in Palmanova, club in Magalluf sealed off, British tourist arrested, noise from the bullring, Spanish student study trips, pilots on strike and Aena airport plan.
Spanish students in Arenal, Mallorca in summer 2021
Spanish students in Arenal in summer 2021.
Spanish students - Operation shield Arenal
One measure will be a fencing-off of the beach from 9pm.
Covid confinement of Spanish students in Mallorca was lawful
A Supreme Court decision brings an end to legal cases arising from the confinement in June 2021.
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Palma student concert - police had acted against sale of alcohol to minors
Police had acted before the crush at the end of the concert.
Concert for Spanish students at Palma bullring in summer 2021.
Concert for Spanish students at the bullring last summer.
Students injured in Palma concert crush
Around 4,000 people were attempting to leave through what is said to have been just one partially open gate.
Playa de Palma - night after night of street drinking, mess and more
Playa de Palma residents are denouncing anti-social behaviour, especially that of Spanish students.
Arenal residents enduring the same problems as ever
Tourism of excesses decree, and yet residents endure the excesses of young tourists.
Spanish students return ... and so do the residents' complaints
In Arenal, the residents have been complaining about the noise and anti-social behaviour for years.
Spanish students in Arenal
Residents in Arenal are once complaining about Spanish students on holiday.
Thousands of "study trip" students arriving in Mallorca
Organisers point to the "importance of this holiday segment".
Spanish students arriving for holidays in Mallorca
Spanish students arriving at Palma Airport on Friday.
Concert for students at the bullring in Palma, Mallorca - a principal source of a major Covid outbreak
Concert for students at the bullring last June.
- What a carry on! European Union abandons full launch of new travel entry system for Britons in favour of "phased rollout"
- Uncertainty surrounds EU Entry/Exit System implementation
- Fresh hope for Golden Visa in Spain
- Living in Palma Airport - Safe and warm
- Laura Hamilton: “I’ve always loved Mallorca, I just wished I’d bought here earlier...”
Comment
Spanish students and tourism quality
As it happens, or so a recent report has highlighted, demand for these trips has apparently fallen by around twenty per cent.
Andrew Ede06/05/2023 11:46