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.
- 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
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