Palma31/05/2018 00:00
Palma city council appears to have some rather odd ideas regarding the tourism future of the city. It has started a crackdown on bar and restaurant terraces and a curfew has been introduced in some areas such as La Lonja. I know that it is not nice for residents having to live around what could be described as noisy restaurant terraces but that is one of the disadvantages of living in a hugely popular tourist capital. Let us face it, Palma and everywhere else on this island needs the tourist euros and if they are not forthcoming then we are in big trouble.
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I visited Camp de mar beach today and was surprised to see so few people, perhaps the reason was there are no sunbesds out, no parasols and the beach was filthy, shame on Andratx council for this. However the fact remains there were far fewer people than in previous years, perhaps it’s the shape of things to come
To Gilly: Why should Mallorca be punished next year for the bad weather this year? Mainland Spain, Portugal and France also have (for the season) very bad weather this year. The North of Europe has fantastic weather since the beginning of May. It is hot - maybe too hot in Germany - so why should the usual crowd of sun & beach tourists go to Mallorca when it is so much better in other places this year?
No reason why tourists should be loud and raucous well into the night. If they had more respect for residents and other human beings, the world would be a better place.
I really hate to say this but I wish every tourist would boycott the island for the year 2019. Although, we all have businesses here and we would lose everything. Sometimes I feel this would be the only way to wake up this Left Wing anti tourist government and the expats and residents continually complaining how busy the island is.In truth this is already happening. Look around you, restaurants empty, staff standing around with nothing to do, the business owner will have to find the monies to pay these staff, pay the utilities, rent etc like in the recession when they had to re-mortgage or sell their own assets to keep their businesses afloat - obviously the good ones in great locations will always be busy.All of you upset about the high rental prices, soon you may get your wish as businesses will close. Less employment so people will leave the island to seek jobs elsewhere. But does that mean YOU will have a job so you can afford this lifestyle. History IS going to repeat itself. I just hope many of the business owners can survive it, sadly many will leave the island having lost all their savings.