It feels like the season has not taken off yet. | Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter
Palma28/06/2024 12:36
Something strange has happened this season and all of the people in the tourist industry I have spoken to over the past few weeks can’t put their finger on it. Everyone has told me that April and May were very good months, obviously an early Easter helped, but then things appear to have gone a bit flat. In Palma, for example, there’s no buzz, it just doesn’t feel like the season has taken off and we are into July next week.
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It's a tough one. I live and work in the Balearics. I used to enjoy going for dinner twice a week. However with the average restaurant I go to having increased their prices between 25-50% in the last 5 years and my wages increasing by 5%, something had to give. Not blaming the restaurants per se, but when the locals spending power is decreasing (and Spain's doing ok), then you have the tourist euro decreasing (UK and Germany definitely bigger down turn than Spain), what did anyone think was going to happen. And oh, if you wonder where everyone is, the answer is Mercadona!
Yeah, I remember the good old days when price was king. Mallorca was rather famous for 3*-ish downmarket resorts, dirt cheap alcohol, awful food, crappy infrastructure, internet was a luxury. But you could get an all-in at a cheap hotel for 500 quid per week, and as an added bonus, you could claim you got food poisoning and get a full refund. Those were the days.
Well good news right? Restaurants emptier and season feels like not quite got momentum yet? Awful service being standard here and anti tourism protesting. Be careful what you all wish for!
The mistake is to promote the Balearics as a paradise. Those who do have never travelled. Yes, price is king but quality service is more king! Generally, people don't mind paying more if they get a great service. Long gone are the days when the older generation locals would fall over backwards to make your stay happier at reasonable prices
Yeah, it's hard to reckon where they've gone. Magaluf struggling, rarely hear a British accent in Palma anymore. Good job the rest of the island is about normal for this time of year. And the quality of tourist seems to be of an increasingly desirable character. Spending money too. Without complaining. Funny that.