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Tourists in May 2019 getting ready to start the summer season in Puerto Alcudia
Tourists in May 2019 getting ready to start the summer season in Puerto Alcudia.
Balearics could get UK travel green light
At present, Germany regards six regions of Spain, including the Balearic Islands, as low risk - hence the Easter influx of German tourists to Mallorca.
Europe's COVID-19 setbacks risk another summer travel washout
Concern rising due to new lockdowns and slow vaccine rollout.
Rifts over COVID vaccines weigh on EU push to reopen summer travel
EU countries will be under pressure to agree a common position swiftly for their 450 million people.
Mallorca is selling
Determined UK holiday makers are booking and Majorca has dropped its prices.
Leisure
One of the largest superyachts in the world in Palma
Superyacht Yas, moored in Palma's Club de Mar.
Property
Holiday rental boom is leaving workers homeless
The areas of Majorca most affected are obvious - the resorts and also the centre of Palma. It is these parts of the island to which workers are most attracted.
Employment
Hotel jobs bonanza this season but questions remain
Hotels within the federation will be creating between 5,500 and 6,000 new jobs this season.
- Emergency declared on Ryanair flight bound for Palma from Dublin
- British tourists will be “tracked” while on holiday in Mallorca
- 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"
Comment
Viewpoint: Price is going to be king
Vaccines may be the key, but so too will be holiday prices this year.
Humphrey Carter28/04/2021 10:25