Palma31/08/2017 00:00
Closing Palma airport at night, increasing the rate of the tourist tax and the controversial holiday home rental plan are three of the proposals which have rather underlined how out of touch the local authorities are at the moment. The airport proposal is probably the most stupid of the lot and would require months of hard work and planning and would reduce the operating capability of the airport. I get the impression sometimes that they are just headline-grabbing plans which are just that; silly season ideas.
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Its only loose change Jason .You said it not me.
Flight only with about 35 people arriving from London. Most on the flight were Spanish from holidays in the UK. Just a handful of people looking like tourists. I am not a tourist either.
''Will go'',are going elsewhere and will continue to do so in ever increasing numbers. My tip is to invest in Donkeys,you are going to need them in a few years time when you have the Island all to yourselves,but without the tourists,that is all you will have.
It is not a case of "tourists will go elsewhere", they are going elsewhere. Half empty aircraft in August is one of the signs. The continuing efforts of an inept government to destroy the economy of this beautiful island could mean that soon those aircraft are used elsewhere in the world. All too soon there could be an empty airport, empty beaches, empty roads and sorry to say empty pockets.
The Tourist is no longer a friend. The Tourist is a " CASH COW " to be milked dry by Government , with increasing 'rip off ' taxation and prices.The death bell is sounding louder for the Island , hear it not Balearics ,' tis the bell that summons thee to Hell ! .