We’ve now had the three most important tourism fairs as far as Spain is concerned - London, Madrid and Berlin - and the conclusions seem rather confused.
Tourist-bashing is back in fashion
On the one hand, there’s talk of a record-breaking season
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Oh, this one again. ' this season will be a disaster, they're all going to Turkey' etc etc. This **** is all put out by the hotel lobby to pressure the government into spending more on promoting Mallorca (which is not needed). Personally I'd be pleased with a 10% or more, reduction in tourist numbers over the summer, as Mallorca is becoming unliveable for 4 months of the year.
You and a handful of wishful thinkers have been saying this every year for... Well, I've stopped counting. Or are you talking about 2025? Because this year is already pretty well booked up. Only a few bookings for 2025 so far. Yet if history is any guide, come October-November this year, 2025 bookings will start rolling in. We'll see. I look forward to your repeat of this next year though.
The lackadaisical attitude of the government to really addressing the issues presented by tourist saturation in the summer (and increasingly either side of the summer) is the real problem. Allowing hotels and travel firms to continuously ramp up their growth without any real restriction has been the big issue. Slap a cap on numbers ( including the cruise ships in Palma). The big hotel chains then need to distribute their capacities. Smaller hotels and independents should have only proportionate caps, or none. Likewise get rid of the illegal holiday rentals. There’s plenty of legal rentals losing out due to this fraud. Lastly, stop spouting off nonsense about sustainability blah blah blah and actually do something! The anti-tourist lobby will have the baby out with bath water otherwise, then we’re all in the mire.