Do you think Mallorca is a safe destination?
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The count down for summer holidays is underway
The count down for summer holidays is underway.
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UK travel restrictions
UK travel restrictions.
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“We have heard plenty of reports of people being turned back at British airports...”
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Tourist at Palma airport
Tourists at Palma airport.
Do you think you will finally come on holiday this year to Mallorca?
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Jet2 delays summer travel to late June
Jet2 delays summer travel to late June.
Travel giant puts the brake on summer holidays
Britons eager for a Mediterranean getaway have been repeatedly warned by government ministers that it is too early to book trips abroad for this summer.
Ryanair plans 2,500 Spanish flights a week in bet on travel recovery
Spain on Wednesday said it would allow some travellers from Britain from March 30.
Mallorca's Easter revival masks a slow, painful recovery for Spanish tourism
Among the holidaymakers in Mallorca, some took a more optimistic view.
Do you think we will be seeing you this summer?
Brits should get their summer holiday in Mallorca, Ryanair's boss says
The Irish low cost airline, also said it was adding 26 new routes to destinations in Greece, Portugal and Spain from the UK.
German hotel owners angry over lockdown as holidaymakers head to Mallorca
German airline Lufthansa said it will work with travel industry partners to offer tests to travellers returning from Mallorca.
The Mallorcan testing lab
The Balearics can control domestic tourism movements but not international.
Spain lifts the ban on British tourists
"Spain is heavily dependent on British tourism"
Fresh travel warning for Britons hits travel industry
"My advice would be to anybody right now is just to hold off on booking international travel."
Spain hopes number of foreign tourists will rebound to half pre-pandemic level this year
Tens of thousands of German tourists arrived in Mallorca at the weekend
- 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
Confidential: Are you a travel optimist or pessimist? plus - trying not to be "Rubbish" at Re-cycling
Frank Leavers comments on all the confusing signals coming from governments about where and when we can travel.
Frank Leavers05/05/2021 13:20